Premium
On the Faraday and Voigt Effects in Anisotropic Materials
Author(s) -
Saleh N.,
Zukotynski S.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.19700370240
Subject(s) - faraday effect , degenerate energy levels , faraday cage , anisotropy , condensed matter physics , faraday rotator , physics , relaxation (psychology) , rotation (mathematics) , optics , magnetic field , mathematics , quantum mechanics , geometry , psychology , social psychology
The Faraday rotation and ellipticity and the Voigt effect in degenerate semiconductors possessing ellipsoidal energy surfaces are analyzed. It is shown that if the experimental procedure is chosen properly, information on the effective mass and relaxation time tensors can be readily obtained.