Observation of the Inverse Cotton-Mouton Effect
Optics
2015-05-20 v2
Abstract
We report the observation of the Inverse Cotton-Mouton Effect (ICME) i.e. a magnetization induced in a medium by non resonant linearly polarized light propagating in the presence of a transverse magnetic field. We present a detailed study of the ICME in a TGG crystal showing the dependence of the measured effect on the light intensity, the optical polarization, and on the external magnetic field. We derive a relation between the Cotton-Mouton and Inverse Cotton-Mouton effects that is roughly in agreement with existing experimental data. Our results open the way to applications of the ICME in optical devices.
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@article{arxiv.1009.3152,
title = {Observation of the Inverse Cotton-Mouton Effect},
author = {Andrei Ben-Amar Baranga and Remy Battesti and Mathilde Fouché and Carlo Rizzo and G. L. J. A. Rikken},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1009.3152},
year = {2015}
}