Magneto‐optical effects of Ge‐Ga‐Sb(In)‐S chalcogenide glasses with diamagnetic responses

Abstract

AbstractThe Faraday effects of Ge‐Ga‐Sb(In)‐S serial chalcogenide glasses were investigated at the wavelengths of 635, 808, 980, and 1319 nm, respectively. The compositional dependences were analyzed and associated influencing factors including the absorption edge, the concentration of Sb3+/In3+ ions, and the wavelength dispersion of refraction index were discussed. 80GeS2·20Sb2S3 composition glass was found to have the largest Verdet constant (V=0.253, 0.219, 0.149, and 0.065 min·G−1·cm−1 for wavelengths 635, 808, 980, and 1319 nm, respectively) in these glasses, which is larger than that of commercial diamagnetic glasses (Schott, SF 6, V=0.069 min·G−1·cm−1@633 nm, for example). Sb3+ ions with high polarizability possessing s2‐sp electron jumps involving 1S0→1P1, 3P0,1,2 transitions are responsible for large Verdet constant, and Becquerel rule is proved to be an effective guidance for estimating the Verdet constant and further optimizing the compositions in chalcogenide glasses.