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The Faraday effect in diamagnetic glasses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Jianrong Qiu
Affiliation:
Hirao Active Glass Project, ERATO, JST-C, Keihanna Plaza, Seika-cho, Kyoto 61902, Japan
Kazuyuki Hirao
Affiliation:
Hirao Active Glass Project, ERATO, JST-C, 15 Morimoto-cho, Shimogamo, Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606, Japan, and Division of Material Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606–01, Japan
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Abstract

The wavelength dispersions of the Faraday effect in typical diamagnetic glasses, i.e., silica, borate, silicate, tellurite, lead-bismuth-gallate, and As2S3, have been examined. The Verdet constant of the glasses decreases with increasing wavelength in the longer wavelength region of the absorption edge of the glasses, while it increases with increasing optical bandgap of the glasses. These phenomena have been successfully explained based on the Becquerel theory. A guiding principle in designing a diamagnetic glass with a high Verdet constant is proposed.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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