Magneto-optical propagation mode converter
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1. A device for at least partially converting the propagation mode of radiated energy, utilising magneto-optical effects, from a first mode to a second mode, said device comprising a layer of a ferrimagnetic material in which the radiated energy is guided in accordance with the first mode, the magnetisation of said layer exhibiting at least one component in a direction normal to the propagation direction of said radiated energy, the thickness of said layer being such that the propagation velocities of the radiated energy, in first of second modes, are substantially equal.
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A device for converting the propagation mode of radiated energy, ulitizing the Cotton-Mouton effect. It is constituted by a substrate upon which there is deposited an epitaxially produced film of yttrium-iron garnet, magnetized in a direction having at least one component normal to the direction of energy propagation, and with a thickness such that the propagation velocities of the two modes, initial and final, are identical to one another.
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- 1. A device for at least partially converting the propagation mode of radiated energy, utilising magneto-optical effects, from a first mode to a second mode, said device comprising a layer of a ferrimagnetic material in which the radiated energy is guided in accordance with the first mode, the magnetisation of said layer exhibiting at least one component in a direction normal to the propagation direction of said radiated energy, the thickness of said layer being such that the propagation velocities of the radiated energy, in first of second modes, are substantially equal.
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