Kerr and Faraday effects in borate glasses

Abstract

Abstract. Titanium nanolayers with the thickness of 133 nm are deposited on glass substrates at 300 K, using the deposition rates 0.1, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 A/s. The layers are produced with a physical vapour deposition method under high-vacuum conditions. The optical reflectance and transmittance of the layers thus produced are measured in the wavelength range of 300-1600 nm. The optical functions are calculated basing on the Kramers-Kronig relation. The relation between the optical properties of the titanium nanolayers and their nanostructure dependent on the deposition rates is investigated.