Transmission properties of multilayer films composed of magneto-optical and dielectric materials

Magnetic photonic crystals: 1-D optimization and applications for the integrated optics devices

“…The theoretical analysis of the spectral properties of MPCs has been performed using the transfer matrix approach [2], [9]. The essence of this method is to find a transfer matrix that relates the electric and magnetic fields of the light in front 0733-8724/$20.00 © 2006 IEEE of the MPC and behind it.…”

“…Detailed description of the transfer matrices technique is omitted here but can be found elsewhere [2], [9]. An MPC structure is defined by many parameters, such as layer sequences, numbers of defects, and layer repetition indices, and generally, the optimization of MPC structures leads to a multitude of possible designs.…”

Enhanced transmission and giant Faraday effect in magnetic metal–dielectric photonic structures

“…The functionalities of these devices stem from the intrinsic gyrotropy of their magnetic components, such as ferrites and other magnetically polarized materials, in which left and right circularly polarized waves experience nonreciprocal differential phase shifts and/or attenuation. When the magnetic material is placed in a resonator or introduced in a photonic structure, the nonreciprocal response can be significantly enhanced [3,4]. A noticeable enhancement of the magneto-optical Faraday effect was observed in magnetic thin-film layers sandwiched between Bragg reflectors [5][6][7], periodic multilayers [8,9] and other magnetophotonic structures supporting slow and localized modes [10].…”

Novel Magnetic Photonic Crystal Structures for Magnetic Field Sensors and Visualizers

“…Three general types of MPC structure designs can be identified (shown in Fig. 3), two of which (a, b) have been investigated in some detail up to date and are commonly referred to in the literature [20], [21]. The investigation of the third (most generic) design type offers the maximum flexibility for tailoring of the spectral response of MPC structures to the requirements of practical applications, for which the efficient algorithms for the structural optimization of such structures are necessary.…”