Terahertz magneto-optical effect of wafer-scale La: yttrium iron garnet single-crystal film with low loss and high permittivity

Optics Express
Yi-Lei LiSheng-Jiang Chang

Abstract

The wafer-scale La:YIG single crystal thick films were fabricated on a three-inch gadolinium gallium garnet (GGG) substrate by liquid phase epitaxy method. The terahertz (THz) optical and magneto-optical properties of La:YIG film were demonstrated by THz time domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS). The results show that a high refractive index of approximately 4.09 and a low absorption coefficient of 10-50 cm-1 from 0.1 to 1.6 THz for this La:YIG film. Moreover, the THz Faraday rotation effect of La:YIG film was measured by the orthogonal polarization detection method in THz-TDS system, which can be actively manipulated by a weak longitudinal magnetic field of up to 0.155 T. With 5 samples stacked together, the Faraday rotation angle varies linearly from -15° to 15°, and the Verdet constant of La:YIG is about 100 °/mm/T within the saturation magnetization. This magneto-optical single crystal thick film with large area shows low loss, high permittivity and strong magneto-optical effect in the THz regime, which will be widely used in magneto-optical polarization conversion, nonreciprocal phase shifter and isolator for THz waves.

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