Thermally induced birefringence in Faraday devices made from terbium gallium garnet-polycrystalline ceramics

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 32, 2004, Pages 6030-6039

  Kagan, Mikhail A ^a   Khazanov, Efim A ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CERAMIC MATERIALS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; TERBIUM COMPOUNDS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DEPOLARIZATION; FARADAY DEVICES; FARADAY ELEMENTS (FE); POLYCRYSTALLINE CERAMICS;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 9144265543     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.006030     Document Type: Article

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