Issue 25, 2024

Crystal growth and enhanced magneto-optical properties of a terbium aluminum gallium garnet crystal for Faraday isolators

Abstract

The rapid development of kilowatt-level lasers is in urgent need of excellent magneto-optical materials for Faraday isolators. In this work, a new component Tb3Al2Ga3O12 crystal was designed to meet applications in high-power lasers. A high-quality single crystal has been successfully obtained by the Czochralski technique. The Tb3Al2Ga3O12 crystal is verified to have high crystallinity with a small full width at half maximum (FWHM) of 43.2′′ and exhibits excellent uniformity, especially enhanced magneto-optical properties, exceeding ∼7–15% that of the traditional TGG crystal. These excellent attributes suggest that the Tb3Al2Ga3O12 crystal can be a promising candidate for Faraday isolators.

Graphical abstract: Crystal growth and enhanced magneto-optical properties of a terbium aluminum gallium garnet crystal for Faraday isolators

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
19 Apr 2024
Accepted
20 May 2024
First published
22 May 2024

CrystEngComm, 2024,26, 3311-3316

Crystal growth and enhanced magneto-optical properties of a terbium aluminum gallium garnet crystal for Faraday isolators

X. Yang, X. Xin, Y. Hao, Z. Zhang, Q. Hu, X. Fu, Z. Jia and X. Tao, CrystEngComm, 2024, 26, 3311 DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00390J

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