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Novel Faraday Rotation Effects Observed In Ultra-Thin Iron Garnet Films, Brandon Blasiola
Novel Faraday Rotation Effects Observed In Ultra-Thin Iron Garnet Films, Brandon Blasiola
Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports
Recent work performed by A. Chakravarty and M. Levy showed experimentally a dramatic increase in the specific Faraday Rotation (FR) of the iron garnet Bi0.8Lu0.2Gd2Fe5O12. A theoretical model, based purely on classical electrodynamics, attempting to explain this behavior was developed by colleagues in Russia that not only confirmed the asymptotic increase in the specific FR at sub-50nm film thicknesses but also suggested that the specific FR should exhibit significant fluctuations at sub-500 nm film thicknesses. The original data points were widespread with steps of 50 nm or more between data …
Magnetless And Topological Edge Mode-Based On-Chip Isolators And Spin-Orbit Coupling In Magneto-Optic Media, Dolendra Karki
Magnetless And Topological Edge Mode-Based On-Chip Isolators And Spin-Orbit Coupling In Magneto-Optic Media, Dolendra Karki
Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports
The rapid growth of optical communication networks requires monolithic integration of various optical components such as lasers, modulators, detectors, amplifiers. Optical feedback due to reflected light at the interfaces of several components in a photonic circuit has detrimental effects to the normal operation of laser by increasing noise, forcing laser to oscillate into different lasing modes etc. So optical isolators are crucial components to make complex optical circuits possible by preventing the feedback signal from coupling back to the lasers sources. For this purpose, an optical isolator that can reduce the feedback signal by > 30 dB and at the same …