Magneto-optical properties and measurement of the novel doping silica optical fibers

Abstract

The magneto-optical properties for two kinds of novel doping silica optical fibers, Pb-doped optical fiber and Eu-doped optical fiber, are investigated. A measurement system is set up to analyze the Verdet constants of fiber samples, including Pb-doped optical fiber, Eu-doped optical fiber, single mode optical fiber (SMF) and Er-doped optical fiber (EDF). The system keeps extinction ratio (ER) and power of input linearly polarized light stable. For Pb-doped optical fiber and Eu-doped optical fiber, their Verdet constants are larger than that of SMF at different wavelengths (660, 808, 980, 1310, and 1550 nm), and their Verdet constants are increased with the decreasing of wavelength. Especially, the Verdet constant of Pb-doped optical fiber is 3.08 rad/T/m at 660 nm, which is 27.80% larger than that of SMF (2.41 rad/T/m) at corresponding wavelength. Verdet constant of Eu-doped optical fiber at 660 nm is −4.56 rad/T/m, which is 34.91% larger than that of EDF (−3.38 rad/T/m), and 89.21% larger than that of SMF at corresponding wavelength. Pb-doped silica optical fiber and Eu-doped silica optical fiber exhibit superior magneto-optical properties compared with SMF. Further, the magnetization of fibers are presented in the temperature range of 4–380 K. The magneto-optical property of Pb-doped optical fiber is more stable to temperature than that of EDF.