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A Faraday isolator (FI) with depolarization compensation using a counterrotation scheme has been realized in experiment for the first time, to the best of our knowledge. It is based on terbium scandium aluminum garnet crystals with negative optical anisotropy parameters. An order of magnitude advantage over the traditional FI scheme is achieved in this case. An isolation ratio of 35.7 dB at a radiation power of 1440 W has been obtained. According to the numerical estimates, an isolation ratio of 30 dB can be provided up to a power of 5.5 kW.
ABSTRACT
Unique Faraday isolator based on a TGG single crystal with aperture diameter of 40 mm for high average power lasers has been fabricated and investigated experimentally. The device provides a stable isolation ratio over 30 dB for large-radius laser beams with kilowatt average power radiation typical for high-power applications.
ABSTRACT
We propose a new type of Faraday isolator with compensation of the azimuthally symmetric component of polarization distortions by means of magnetic field inhomogeneity. The depolarization was attenuated in experiments by a factor of 7.
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A Faraday isolator with compensation of thermally induced depolarization outside magnetic field was implemented for the first time on TGG ceramics. Stable isolation ratio of 38 dB in steady-state regime at a laser power of 300 W was demonstrated in experiment. Theoretical estimates show a feasibility of a device that would provide an isolation ratio higher than 30 dB up to laser power of 2kW.
