Growth and magneto-optical properties of NaTb(MoO4)2 crystals

Ba3Tb(PO4)3: Crystal growth, structure, magnetic and magneto-optical properties

“…Although Terbium-aluminum garnet, Tb 3 Al 5 O 12 (TAG), shows reasonable properties as Faraday rotator [8], its incongruent melting nature makes impossible the growth of large crystals [35]. NaTb(WO 4 ) 2 (NTW), NaTb(MoO 4 ) 2 (NTM), and Sr 2 Tb 8 (SiO 4 ) 6 O 2 (STS) crystals show larger Faraday rotation than BTP crystal [36][37][38]. Nevertheless, these compounds are optically uniaxial crystals, and the crystal direction as a Faraday rotator will be strictly limited.…”

“…Nevertheless, these compounds are optically uniaxial crystals, and the crystal direction as a Faraday rotator will be strictly limited. Moreover, NTW and NTM crystals present the same limiting feature, namely the strong optical losses at wavelengths bellow 600 nm [29,36,37], which critically limit the performance of Faraday rotator in the visible region.…”

“…Structure Extinction ratio (dB) [8] Cubic -À247 À172 À52 NTW [36] Tetragonal -À211 À155 À52 NTM [37] Tetragonal -À281 À196 À66 STS [38] Hexagonal 31.25 À313 À227 À70…”

Growth and characteristic of Sr3Tb(BO3)3 crystal

“…Magnetic induction intensity turns from 0 to 1.2 T continuously. The Faraday magneto-optical figure of merit spectrum was also investigated by the method [23] reported before.…”

Magnetoactive media for cryogenic Faraday isolators

“…Thanks to their high lanthanide concentration, they may be superior to TGG in the Verdet constant. Examples of such media are NaTbðMoO 4 Þ 2 [33] and LiTbðMoO 4 Þ 2 [34], which have a better Verdet constant than TGG and lower absorption.…”