Optical and magneto-optical activity on partially sintered Y(3)Fe(5)O(12) materials. L. Fernández-García, M. Suárez, J.L. Menéndez.2010.

Functional Materials Letters, Volume: 3, Issue: 4, pp. 237-240, 2010. http://www.worldscinet.com/fml/03/0304/S1793604710001329.html

The optical and magneto-optical activities of yttrium iron garnet are shown to depend on the sintering stage. Low density yttrium iron garnet presents a lower optical activity than the high density garnet. The magneto-optical activity decreases at energies in which the optical transitions are associated to crystal field, indicating a relationship between the optical activity and the distortion of the structure. Finally, a calculation routine has been given to obtain the different elements of the dielectric tensor in bulk materials.