@inproceedings{2da9a2790a7b4d6bb14445b3b7879f96,
title = "Fully compatible magneto-optical sol-gel material with glass waveguides technologies: Application to mode converters",
abstract = "To overcome the difficult problem of the integration of magneto-optical materials with classical technologies, our group has developped a composite magneto-optical material made of a hybrid organic-inorganic silica type matrix doped by magnetic nanoparticles. Thin films of this material are obtained through a soft chemistry sol-gel process which gives a full compatibility with an integration on glass substarte. Due to an interesting magneto optical activity (Faraday rotation of 310°/cm) several magneto-optical functionnalities have been realized. A thin film of such composite material coated on a pyrexTM substrate acts as non-reciprocal TE/TM mode converter. An hybrid stucture made of a composite film coated on an ion-exchanged glass waveguide has been realized with a good propagation of light through a hybrid mode. Finally, the sol gel process has been adapted in order to obtain 3D inverse opals which should behave as magneto-photonic crystals. Transmittance curves reveal the photonic band gap of such opals doped with magnetic nanoparticles.",
keywords = "Faraday rotation, Hybrid structure, Integrated optics, Ion-exchanged waveguide, Magnetic nanoparticles, Magneto-optical mode conversion, Magnetophotonic crystals, Merit-factor, Sol-gel",
author = "Fran{\c c}ois Royer and Damien Jamon and Broquin, {Jean Emmanuel} and Hadi Amata and Renata Kekesi and Sophie Neveu and Blanc-Mignon, {Marie Fran{\c c}oise} and Elise Ghibaudo",
year = "2011",
doi = "10.1117/12.874927",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9780819484789",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
booktitle = "Integrated Optics",
note = "Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies XV ; Conference date: 24-01-2011 Through 26-01-2011",
}