Optical faraday rotator using ce-substituted fibrous yig single crystal grown by floating-zone method with yag laser heating

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2294-2298

  Sekijima, Takenori ^a   Fujii, Takashi ^a   Wakino, Kikuo ^b   Okada, Masakatsu ^b  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MURATA MANUFACTURING CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fibrous ce; Figure of merit; Floating zone method with yag laser heating; Growth rate; Optical faraday rotator; Yig single crystal

Indexed keywords

CERIUM; GROWTH (MATERIALS); HEATING; OPTICAL FILMS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SOLID STATE LASERS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

LASER HEATING; OPTICAL FARADAY ROTATOR;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0033281681     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.808973     Document Type: Article

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