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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2011
Shuuji Oosumi, Tokyo, JP;
Yasutaka Nomi, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuo Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Hatanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Tomio Kajigaya, Tokyo, JP;
Shuuji Oosumi, Tokyo, JP;
Yasutaka Nomi, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuo Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Hatanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Tomio Kajigaya, Tokyo, JP;
SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A bismuth-substituted rare-earth iron garnet crystal film (RIG) which has an insertion loss of less than 0.6 dB and which can be produced in a high yield, as well as an optical isolator, which is grown by liquid phase epitaxy on a non-magnetic garnet substrate represented by a chemical formula of Gd(ScGa)O, wherein the RIG is represented by a chemical formula of NdGdBiFeO, and x and y satisfy 0.89≦x≦1.43 and 0.85≦y≦1.19. In contrast to conventional RIGs, the RIG represented by the chemical formula of NdGdBiFeOof the present invention has an insertion loss of less than 0.6 dB and makes it possible to reduce the amount of heat generated because of absorption of light at wavelengths of about 1 μm. Hence, the RIG has such a remarkable effect that the RIG can be used as a Faraday rotator used for an optical isolator in a high-power laser device for processing.