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The '''Verdet constant''' is an [[optical]] property named after the French physicist [[Émile Verdet]]. It describes the strength of the [[Faraday effect]] for a particular material.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Vojna |first1=David |last2=Slezák |first2=Ondřej |last3=Lucianetti |first3=Antonio |last4=Mocek |first4=Tomáš |title=Verdet Constant of Magneto-Active Materials Developed for High-Power Faraday Devices |journal=Applied Sciences |date=2019 |volume=9 |issue=15 |page=3160 |doi=10.3390/app9153160 |doi-access=free }}</ref> For a constant magnetic field parallel to the path of the light, it can be calculated as<ref>{{cite journal | last1=Kruk | first1=Andrzej | last2=Mrózek | first2=Mariusz | title=The measurement of Faraday effect of translucent material in the entire visible spectrum | journal=Measurement | publisher=Elsevier BV | volume=162 | year=2020 | issn=0263-2241 | doi=10.1016/j.measurement.2020.107912 | | The '''Verdet constant''' is an [[optical]] property named after the French physicist [[Émile Verdet]]. It describes the strength of the [[Faraday effect]] for a particular material.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Vojna |first1=David |last2=Slezák |first2=Ondřej |last3=Lucianetti |first3=Antonio |last4=Mocek |first4=Tomáš |title=Verdet Constant of Magneto-Active Materials Developed for High-Power Faraday Devices |journal=Applied Sciences |date=2019 |volume=9 |issue=15 |page=3160 |doi=10.3390/app9153160 |doi-access=free }}</ref> For a constant magnetic field parallel to the path of the light, it can be calculated as<ref>{{cite journal | last1=Kruk | first1=Andrzej | last2=Mrózek | first2=Mariusz | title=The measurement of Faraday effect of translucent material in the entire visible spectrum | journal=Measurement | publisher=Elsevier BV | volume=162 | year=2020 | issn=0263-2241 | doi=10.1016/j.measurement.2020.107912 | article-number=107912| bibcode=2020Meas..16207912K | s2cid=219429531 }}</ref> | ||
: <math>\theta = V B L,</math> | : <math>\theta = V B L,</math> | ||
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where <math>\theta</math> is the angle between the starting and ending polarizations, <math>V</math> is the Verdet constant, <math>B</math> is the strength of the magnetic flux density, and <math>L</math> is the path length in the material. | where <math>\theta</math> is the angle between the starting and ending polarizations, <math>V</math> is the Verdet constant, <math>B</math> is the strength of the magnetic flux density, and <math>L</math> is the path length in the material. | ||
The Verdet constant of a material is [[wavelength]]-dependent and for most materials is extremely small. It is strongest in substances containing [[paramagnetic]] [[ion]]s such as [[terbium]]. The highest Verdet constants in bulk media are found in terbium-[[doping (semiconductor)|doped]] dense flint glasses or in [[crystal]]s of [[terbium gallium garnet]] (TGG). These materials have excellent [[transparency (optics)|transparency]] properties and high damage thresholds for [[laser]] radiation. Atomic vapours, however, can have Verdet constants which are orders of magnitude larger than TGG,<ref>{{Cite journal |doi=10.1038/nphoton.2009.27 |title=A gigahertz-bandwidth atomic probe based on the slow-light Faraday effect |journal=Nature Photonics |volume=3 |issue=4 | | The Verdet constant of a material is [[wavelength]]-dependent and for most materials is extremely small. It is strongest in substances containing [[paramagnetic]] [[ion]]s such as [[terbium]]. The highest Verdet constants in bulk media are found in terbium-[[doping (semiconductor)|doped]] dense flint glasses or in [[crystal]]s of [[terbium gallium garnet]] (TGG). These materials have excellent [[transparency (optics)|transparency]] properties and high damage thresholds for [[laser]] radiation. Atomic vapours, however, can have Verdet constants which are orders of magnitude larger than TGG,<ref>{{Cite journal |doi=10.1038/nphoton.2009.27 |title=A gigahertz-bandwidth atomic probe based on the slow-light Faraday effect |journal=Nature Photonics |volume=3 |issue=4 |page=225 |year=2009 |last1=Siddons |first1=Paul |last2=Bell |first2=Nia C. |last3=Cai |first3=Yifei |last4=Adams |first4=Charles S. |last5=Hughes |first5=Ifan G. |bibcode=2009NaPho...3..225S |arxiv=0811.2316}}</ref> but only over a very narrow wavelength range. Alkali vapours can therefore be used as an [[optical isolator]]<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1364/OL.37.003405 |pmid=23381272 |title=Optical isolator using an atomic vapor in the hyperfine Paschen–Back regime |journal=Optics Letters |volume=37 |issue=16 |pages=3405–3407 |year=2012 |last1=Weller |first1=L. |last2=Kleinbach |first2=K. S. |last3=Zentile |first3=M. A. |last4=Knappe |first4=S. |last5=Hughes |first5=I. G. |last6=Adams |first6=C. S. |bibcode=2012OptL...37.3405W |arxiv=1206.0214 |s2cid=39307069}}</ref> or as an extremely sensitive [[magnetometer]]. | ||
The Faraday effect is chromatic (i.e. it depends on wavelength), and therefore the Verdet constant is quite a strong function of wavelength.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Vojna |first1=David |last2=Slezák |first2=Ondřej |last3=Yasuhara |first3=Ryo |last4=Furuse |first4=Hiroaki |last5=Lucianetti |first5=Antonio |last6=Mocek |first6=Tomáš |title=Faraday Rotation of Dy2O3, CeF3 and Y3Fe5O12 at the Mid-Infrared Wavelengths |journal=Materials |date=2020 |volume=13 |issue=23 |page=5324 |doi=10.3390/ma13235324 |pmid=33255447 |pmc=7727863 |bibcode=2020Mate...13.5324V |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Vojna |first1=David |last2=Duda |first2=Martin |last3=Yasuhara |first3=Ryo |last4=Slezák |first4=Ondřej |last5=Schlichting |first5=Wolfgang |last6=Stevens |first6=Kevin |last7=Chen |first7=Hengjun |last8=Lucianetti |first8=Antonio |last9=Mocek |first9=Tomáš |title=Verdet constant of potassium terbium fluoride crystal as a function of wavelength and temperature |journal=Opt. Lett. |date=2020 |volume=45 |issue=7 |pages=1683–1686 |doi=10.1364/ol.387911 |pmid=32235973 |bibcode=2020OptL...45.1683V |s2cid=213599420 |url=https://www.osapublishing.org/ol/fulltext.cfm?uri=ol-45-7-1683&id=429076|url-access=subscription }}</ref> At 632.8 [[nanometre|nm]], the Verdet constant for TGG is reported to be {{val|-134|u=[[radian|rad]]/([[tesla (unit)|T]]·m)}}, whereas at 1064 nm it falls to {{val|-40|u=rad/(T·m)}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.northropgrumman.com/BusinessVentures/SYNOPTICS/Products/SpecialtyCrystals/Documents/pageDocs/TGG.pdf |title=Terbium Gallium Garnet – TGG |publisher=Northrop Grumman Synoptics |date=2011 |access-date=2015-02-11 |archive-date=2016-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418061032/http://www.northropgrumman.com/BusinessVentures/SYNOPTICS/Products/SpecialtyCrystals/Documents/pageDocs/TGG.pdf | The Faraday effect is chromatic (i.e. it depends on wavelength), and therefore the Verdet constant is quite a strong function of wavelength.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Vojna |first1=David |last2=Slezák |first2=Ondřej |last3=Yasuhara |first3=Ryo |last4=Furuse |first4=Hiroaki |last5=Lucianetti |first5=Antonio |last6=Mocek |first6=Tomáš |title=Faraday Rotation of Dy2O3, CeF3 and Y3Fe5O12 at the Mid-Infrared Wavelengths |journal=Materials |date=2020 |volume=13 |issue=23 |page=5324 |doi=10.3390/ma13235324 |pmid=33255447 |pmc=7727863 |bibcode=2020Mate...13.5324V |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Vojna |first1=David |last2=Duda |first2=Martin |last3=Yasuhara |first3=Ryo |last4=Slezák |first4=Ondřej |last5=Schlichting |first5=Wolfgang |last6=Stevens |first6=Kevin |last7=Chen |first7=Hengjun |last8=Lucianetti |first8=Antonio |last9=Mocek |first9=Tomáš |title=Verdet constant of potassium terbium fluoride crystal as a function of wavelength and temperature |journal=Opt. Lett. |date=2020 |volume=45 |issue=7 |pages=1683–1686 |doi=10.1364/ol.387911 |pmid=32235973 |bibcode=2020OptL...45.1683V |s2cid=213599420 |url=https://www.osapublishing.org/ol/fulltext.cfm?uri=ol-45-7-1683&id=429076|url-access=subscription }}</ref> At 632.8 [[nanometre|nm]], the Verdet constant for TGG is reported to be {{val|-134|u=[[radian|rad]]/([[tesla (unit)|T]]·m)}}, whereas at 1064 nm it falls to {{val|-40|u=rad/(T·m)}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.northropgrumman.com/BusinessVentures/SYNOPTICS/Products/SpecialtyCrystals/Documents/pageDocs/TGG.pdf |title=Terbium Gallium Garnet – TGG |publisher=Northrop Grumman Synoptics |date=2011 |access-date=2015-02-11 |archive-date=2016-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418061032/http://www.northropgrumman.com/BusinessVentures/SYNOPTICS/Products/SpecialtyCrystals/Documents/pageDocs/TGG.pdf }}</ref> This behavior means that the devices manufactured with a certain degree of rotation at one wavelength will produce much less rotation at longer wavelengths. Many [[Faraday rotator]]s and [[Faraday isolator|isolators]] are adjustable by varying the degree to which the active TGG rod is inserted into the [[magnetic field]] of the device. In this way, the device can be tuned for use with a range of lasers within the design range of the device. Truly [[broadband]] sources (such as [[ultrashort-pulse laser]]s and the tunable [[vibronic laser]]s) will not see the same rotation across the whole wavelength band. | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:02, 4 October 2025
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The Verdet constant is an optical property named after the French physicist Émile Verdet. It describes the strength of the Faraday effect for a particular material.[1] For a constant magnetic field parallel to the path of the light, it can be calculated as[2]
where is the angle between the starting and ending polarizations, is the Verdet constant, is the strength of the magnetic flux density, and is the path length in the material.
The Verdet constant of a material is wavelength-dependent and for most materials is extremely small. It is strongest in substances containing paramagnetic ions such as terbium. The highest Verdet constants in bulk media are found in terbium-doped dense flint glasses or in crystals of terbium gallium garnet (TGG). These materials have excellent transparency properties and high damage thresholds for laser radiation. Atomic vapours, however, can have Verdet constants which are orders of magnitude larger than TGG,[3] but only over a very narrow wavelength range. Alkali vapours can therefore be used as an optical isolator[4] or as an extremely sensitive magnetometer.
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