The method of self-propagating high-temperature synthesis of submicron powders with subsequent vacuum sintering was used to produce a series of optical ceramics based on dysprosium oxide (DyYLa)O, where x=0.7, 0.85, and 0.9. The influence of ceramics composition on optical transmission of the obtained samples was investigated. The studied materials had several transparency windows in the visible 500-730 nm, near-IR 1900-2300 nm, and mid-IR 3500-7500 nm ranges. The dependence of the Verdet constant on wavelength in the 400-1940 nm range was measured for each ceramics composition, and analytical approximations were obtained. When Y and La dopants were used, the Verdet constant depended linearly on the concentration of Dy ions, and its value in the visible wavelength range was about twice that of the analogous value for a terbium gallium garnet crystal. The high transmission and relatively high Verdet constant make the produced materials highly promising for fabricating Faraday devices for Tm and Ho lasers and for lasers emitting in the visible spectrum.
Samples of the magneto-active material—Tb3+:Y2O3 ceramics with Tb3+ ion concentrations of 10%, 20%, 30%, and 100% (Tb2O3)—were prepared and studied. The wavelength dependence of Verdet constant in the 380 nm–1750 nm range was approximated for all investigated ceramic samples and was predicted for a pure Tb2O3 material. Tb2O3 ceramics demonstrates a more than three times higher Verdet constant in comparison with terbium gallium garnet crystal or ceramics. The linear dependence of the Verdet constant on Tb3+ ion concentration in the Tb3+:Y2O3 ceramics was demonstrated. The obtained data will be useful for fabricating magneto-optical elements of Faraday devices based on Tb3+:Y2O3 with arbitrary Tb3+ ion concentration operating at room temperature in the wavelength range of 380 nm–1750 nm.
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