磁光材料的典型效应及其应用

Typical Effects of Magneto-optical Materials and Their Applications

磁光材料是一类品种繁多、应用广泛的重要的功能材料。近年来,随着激光、计算机、信息、光纤通信等技术的发展,各种磁光材料——磁光玻璃、磁光薄膜、磁性液体、磁性光子晶体和磁光液晶等发展极为迅速。本文简介了磁光效应(包括法拉第效应、克尔效应、塞曼效应和磁致双折射效应等)的基本理论以及各种磁光材料和磁光器件的研究新进展。

Magneto-optical materials are important functional materials which have great varieties and extensive applications. In recent years, with the development of laser, computer, information, and optical fiber communication, various magneto-optical materials, including magneto-optical glass, film, magnetic liquid, photonics crystal and liquid crystal materials have been developing speedly. The basic theories of magneto-optical effects （including Faraday effect, Kerr effect, Zeeman effect and magneto-birefringent effect） and the progress in research of various magneto-optical materials and magneto-optical devices are briefly introduced.