1987 年 11 巻 2 号 p. 157-160
Temperature dependence of Faraday rotation, which causes degradation of isolation at high or low temperature for an optical isolator, was measured at 1.3 and 0.78 μm wave lengths together with saturation magnetization and optical transparency for epitaxially grown (TbBi)3Fe5O12 films. Temperature dependence of Faraday rotation for these films was smaller than that for (GdBi)3(FeAlGa)5O12 films and (GdBi)3Fe5O12 bulk single crystals. Particularly, Tb2.13Bi0.87Fe5O12 films showed only a 2.1% shift in Faraday rotation from that measured at 25°C in the temperature range 0∼50°C. These values correspond to those of Y3Fe5O12 bulk single crystals. Additionally, (TbBi)3Fe5O12 films had a smaller saturation magnetization than Y3Fe5O12 and sufficient optical transparency in 1.3∼1.5 μm wavelength for an optical isolator.