We characterize magnetic-field sensors based on the Faraday effect in ferrimagnetic iron garnets in terms of their sensitivity, speed, and directionality. Signal-to-noise measurements at 80 Hz on small (typically 5 mm diameter x 3 mm long) samples of yttrium iron garnet (YIG) yield noise equivalent magnetic fields of 10 nT /.JHz. Frequen~y response measurements exhibit virtually flat response t...

Magneto-optical Faraday effect of Bi-substituted yttrium iron garnet (Bi:YIG) films with random multilayer structures was analyzed by using the random matrix approach. It was found that the random multilayer structure is very effective for enhancing the Faraday effect of the Bi:YIG film, which is much superior than that of the periodic multilayer films.

We demonstrate the dispersive measurement of ferromagnetic resonance in a yttrium iron garnet sphere embedded within a microwave cavity. The reduction in the longitudinal magnetization at resonance is measured as a frequency shift in the cavity mode coupled to the sphere. This measurement is a result of the intrinsic nonlinearity in magnetization dynamics, indicating a promising route towards e...

We report on our progress towards the integration of nonreciprocal optical elements in, for example, an integrated optical waveguide isolator on conventional semiconductor photonic platforms. Our approach uses an evanescent interaction with a magneto-optic iron garnet upper cladding. Specifically, ceriumand bismuthsubstituted yttrium and terbium iron garnets were investigated. Device fabricatio...

The chaotic self-generation of short solitary spin wave pulses has been observed for the first time. The pulses were produced from parametrically excited spin waves in an yttrium-iron-garnet film in an active feedback ring under conditions where both three-wave and four-wave parametric processes were allowed. The power-frequency spectrum was broadband and chaotic.