Steering light with magnetic textures.

Autor: Chioar, Ioan-Augustin, Vantaraki, Christina, Pohlit, Merlin, Rowan-Robinson, Richard M., Papaioannou, Evangelos Th., Hjörvarsson, Björgvin, Kapaklis, Vassilios
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Zdroj: Applied Physics Letters; 1/17/2022, Vol. 120 Issue 3, p1-5, 5p
Abstrakt: We study the steering of visible light using a combination of magneto-optical effects and the reconfigurability of magnetic domains in yttrium-iron garnet films. The spontaneously formed stripe domains are used as a field-controlled optical grating, allowing for active spatiotemporal control of light. We discuss the basic ideas behind the approach and provide a quantitative description of the field dependence of the obtained light patterns. Finally, we calculate and experimentally verify the efficiency of our magneto-optical grating. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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