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A new magneto-optical effect in birefringent crystals doped with paramagnetic impurities

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The influence of a strong pulsed magnetic field on the birefringence of crystals has been investigated experimentally. A new magneto-optical effect has been found for the first time: the change in the optical indicatrices of birefringent quartz crystals and potassium yttrium and potassium gadolinium tungstates doped with paramagnetic impurities (iron for quartz and ytterbium for tungstates) under a single pulse of a magnetic field with an induction of 40 T. These changes are retained for a long time after switching off the magnetic field and appear to be irreversible.

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  1. Belarusian State Technological University, Minsk, 220050, Belarus

    A. K. Soika & I. O. Sologub

  2. Research and Practical Center for Materials Science, Belarusian Academy of Sciences, Minsk, 220072, Belarus

    I. T. Bodnar’

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Original Russian Text © A.K. Soika, I.T. Bodnar’, I.O. Sologub, 2012, published in Optika i Spektroskopiya, 2012, Vol. 112, No. 4, pp. 611–614.

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Soika, A.K., Bodnar’, I.T. & Sologub, I.O. A new magneto-optical effect in birefringent crystals doped with paramagnetic impurities. Opt. Spectrosc. 112, 559–562 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0030400X12040200

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