INTRINSIC LIMIT OF MAGNETOOPTICAL ISOLATORS BECAUSE OF MAGNETIC CIRCULAR-DICHROISM

Authors
MILANI E
Citation
E. Milani, INTRINSIC LIMIT OF MAGNETOOPTICAL ISOLATORS BECAUSE OF MAGNETIC CIRCULAR-DICHROISM, Applied optics, 32(27), 1993, pp. 5217-5221
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
32
Issue
27
Year of publication
1993
Pages
5217 - 5221
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1993)32:27<5217:ILOMIB>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The behavior of an optical isolator based on the Faraday effect of an absorbing magneto-optical material is analyzed, taking into account th e effect of magnetic circular dichroism (MCD). MCD is indissolubly con nected with Faraday rotation and limits the maximum obtainable isolati on ratio through elliptization of the polarization of the incident bea m. A formula is derived to calculate this effect and applied to a prac tical example.