Magneto-optical transparent ceramics exhibiting the Faraday effect provide new opportunities for optical isolator applications.In this study,magneto-optical transparent ceramics(Tb_(0.94−x)Lu_(0.06)Ho_(x))_(2)O_(3)(x=...Magneto-optical transparent ceramics exhibiting the Faraday effect provide new opportunities for optical isolator applications.In this study,magneto-optical transparent ceramics(Tb_(0.94−x)Lu_(0.06)Ho_(x))_(2)O_(3)(x=0,0.005,0.01,0.0125,and 0.015)were successfully fabricated by reducing atmosphere sintering and hot isostatic pressing(HIP)posttreatment.The effects of x on the microstructure,in-line transmittance,and magneto-optical properties were studied.The addition of Ho^(3+) promoted the densification of the ceramics,increasing their transmittance,with the in-line transmittance of(Tb_(0.93)Lu_(0.06)Ho_(0.01))_(2)O_(3)reaching 79.05%at 1064 nm.Importantly,the Verdet constant was influenced by the doping of Ho3+.The highest Verdet constant of(Tb_(0.925)Lu_(0.06)Ho_(0.015))2O3 was approximately−404 rad·T^(−1)·m^(−1),which was approximately 6%greater than that of the undoped sample and more than 3 times that of the terbium gallium garnet(TGG)crystal.展开更多
基金support from the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2023YFB3507400)the Dean Foundation of the China Academy of Engineering Physics,the Science and Technology Innovation Talent Fund of Sichuan Province(No.2023JDRC0015)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52172121).
文摘Magneto-optical transparent ceramics exhibiting the Faraday effect provide new opportunities for optical isolator applications.In this study,magneto-optical transparent ceramics(Tb_(0.94−x)Lu_(0.06)Ho_(x))_(2)O_(3)(x=0,0.005,0.01,0.0125,and 0.015)were successfully fabricated by reducing atmosphere sintering and hot isostatic pressing(HIP)posttreatment.The effects of x on the microstructure,in-line transmittance,and magneto-optical properties were studied.The addition of Ho^(3+) promoted the densification of the ceramics,increasing their transmittance,with the in-line transmittance of(Tb_(0.93)Lu_(0.06)Ho_(0.01))_(2)O_(3)reaching 79.05%at 1064 nm.Importantly,the Verdet constant was influenced by the doping of Ho3+.The highest Verdet constant of(Tb_(0.925)Lu_(0.06)Ho_(0.015))2O3 was approximately−404 rad·T^(−1)·m^(−1),which was approximately 6%greater than that of the undoped sample and more than 3 times that of the terbium gallium garnet(TGG)crystal.
