Characteristics and Recent Development of Fluoride Magneto-Optical Crystals

Zhonghan Zhang; Zhen Wu; Zhen Zhang; Liangbi Su; Anhua Wu; Yang Li; Jianghe Lan

doi:10.3390/magnetochemistry9020041

Magnetochemistry (Jan 2023)

Characteristics and Recent Development of Fluoride Magneto-Optical Crystals

Zhonghan Zhang,
Zhen Wu,
Zhen Zhang,
Liangbi Su,
Anhua Wu,
Yang Li,
Jianghe Lan

Affiliations

Zhonghan Zhang: State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201899, China
Zhen Wu: State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201899, China
Zhen Zhang: State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201899, China
Liangbi Su: State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201899, China
Anhua Wu: State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201899, China
Yang Li: Southwest Institute of Applied Magnetism, Mianyang 621010, China
Jianghe Lan: Southwest Institute of Applied Magnetism, Mianyang 621010, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry9020041
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 2
p. 41

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Magneto-optical materials are the fundamental component of Faraday isolators; therefore, they are significantly important for solid-state laser systems. Fluoride magneto-optical crystals such as CeF3, KTb3F10 and LiTbF4 exhibit advantages of wide transmittance range, high optical homogeneity, smaller thermal lensing and weaker thermal induced depolarization effect, and thus are promising candidates for Faraday isolators in high-power solid-state lasers. Recent progress in crystal growth and characterizations of these fluoride magneto-optical crystals are introduced. Possible applications of Faraday isolators based on various fluoride crystals are discussed, especially for solid-state lasers in the ultraviolet (UV) or infrared (IR) spectral region.

Published in Magnetochemistry

ISSN: 2312-7481 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/magnetochemistry

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