Open AccessThe magneto-optical response of two Faraday crystals from Matesy: a case study
Author(s) -
J.H. Espina-Hernández,
Sebastian Michlmayr,
Ruben Piepgras,
Bernhard Zagar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1065/3/032003
Subject(s) - faraday effect , faraday cage , magnetometer , magnetic field , hysteresis , characterization (materials science) , faraday rotator , magneto , condensed matter physics , homogeneous , field (mathematics) , domain (mathematical analysis) , materials science , work (physics) , optics , physics , nanotechnology , statistical physics , magnet , mathematics , thermodynamics , quantum mechanics , mathematical analysis , pure mathematics
This work analyses two Faraday crystals from the company Matesy to elucidate how their differences compromise experimental results for quantitative magnetometry. Our results show that the two crystals have different domain patterns and different hysteresis loops under the influence of a homogeneous magnetic field, which point to the importance of considering carefully the crystal selection and their individual characterization for its successful implementation in a magneto-optic measurement setup.