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Cerium and bismuth have been successfully incorporated into (HoYb)3-x-yCexBiyFe5O12 iron garnets with up to x=0.164 and y=0.665 by using the Bi2O3 self-flux growth technique. The (HoYb)2.171Ce0.164Bi0.665Fe5O12 crystal has exhibited a much higher specific Faraday rotation of -1035 deg/cm and an equivalent absorption coefficient of 2.18 cm-1 at 1550 nm as compared with those of -588 deg/cm and 1.84 cm-1 for (HoYb)2.501Bi0.499Fe5O12. The mixed effect of Ce3+ and Bi3+ ions on the Faraday rotation has been analyzed qualitatively. In addition, due to the incorporation of Ce, the Faraday-rotation wavelength and temperature coefficients for (HoYb)2.171Ce0.164Bi0.665Fe5O12 are higher than those for (HoYb)2.501Bi0.499Fe5O12 at 1550 nm. Despite this, (HoYb)3-x-yCexBiyFe5O12 has a great potential for application in 1550-nm optical isolators due to its large figure of merit of 109 deg/dB.
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Xu, W., Xu, X., Chong, T. et al. Magneto-optical properties of Ce and Bi co-substituted iron garnets grown by the Bi2O3 self-flux technique. Appl. Phys. A 81, 565–568 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-004-2686-y
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