Periodic structures of magnetic garnet particles for strong Faraday rotation enhancement

Citation:

Christofi A, Stefanou N, Papanikolaou N. Periodic structures of magnetic garnet particles for strong Faraday rotation enhancement. Physical Review B. 2014;89(21):214410 (4 pages).

Abstract:

We show that a relatively sparse photonic crystal of high-permittivity magnetic garnet particles can induce a giant Faraday rotation of light transmitted through a finite slab of it. The underlying mechanism resides in wave propagation through collective Bloch modes, which are strongly localized in the particles.