Faraday polarization apparatus

Abstract

The invention relates to a Faraday polarization apparatus, which belongs to an optical passive device and is used for rotating the polarization direction of light according to the direction of a magnetic field. The Faraday polarization apparatus comprises a compound magnet, and fixing and adjusting parts, wherein the compound magnet is formed by clamping a central magnet block (5) with two groupsof cylindrical magnet units respectively comprising n first fan-shaped magnet blocks (4) and n second fan-shaped magnet blocks (6) in a magnetic shielding sleeve (7) with high magnetic permeability; the compound magnet is pressed tightly by an end cover (2) after being arranged in a casing (9); and a magnetic rotation rod sleeve (8) fixed with a magnetic rotation rod (3) is positioned in an innerhole of the compound magnet, both ends of the magnetic rotation rod sleeve are clamped by two adjustment sheets (1), and the relative position of the magnetic rotation rod (3) and the compound magnetcan be adjusted by adjusting the two adjustment sheets (1) at two ends simultaneously to achieve the aim of adjusting an rotation angle.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a Faraday optical rotator, in particular to a high-power and large-aperture Faraday optical rotator with an optical rotation angle of 45 degrees made of a magnetic optical rotation material transparent to the 550nm to 1600nm band. Background technique [0002] One of the main uses of the Faraday rotator is to make optical isolators. At present, the optical isolators used in optical communication are made of magnetic optical materials with very high magnetic optical rotation coefficient and relatively low saturation magnetic field. In order to obtain a stable optical rotation angle, however, there is a relatively large defect in the current magnetic optical rotation materials with this performance, that is, for light with a wavelength of less than 1200nm, the absorption coefficient is very high, which cannot be used in high-power applications, while for visible light Magneto-optical materials with low absorption of infrared ligh...

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[0002] One of the main uses of the Faraday rotator is to make optical isolators. At present, the optical isolators used in optical communication are made of magnetic optical materials with very high magnetic optical rotation coefficient and relatively low saturation magnetic field. In order to obtain a stable optical rotation angle, however, there is a relatively large defect in the current magnetic optical rotation materials with this performance, that is, for light with a wavelength of less than 1200nm, the absorption coefficient is very high, which cannot be used in high-power applications, while for visible light Magneto-optical materials with low absorption of infrared light with a wavelength of less than 1200nm generally have a relatively low Verdet constant. Obtaining the required optical rotation angle requires a very high magnetic field strength and cannot work in a magnetic saturation state. Therefore, using this The optical rotator made of magnetic optical rotation material requires a high-strength magnetic field on the one hand, and on the other hand, for the case where the optical rotation angle is required to be relatively accurate, the length of the magnetic optical rotation material and the axial (direction of beam propagation) magnetic field strength acting on the magnetic optical rotation material Correspondence is very strict

The method of combining magnetic fields can locally obtain a high-intensity magnetic field that is many times higher than that of a single magnet. It is difficult to control the consistency of the matching between them. Although the magnetic field can be matched by adjusting the length of the magnetic-optical material, or the length of the magnetic-optical material can be adjusted by adjusting the magnetic field, or the two matching methods can be used in combination, these methods are not suitable for mass production.

[0003] The U.S. patents "Compact enhanced performance optical isolator using a faraday rotator" (Patent No.: 5528415) and "Faraday rotator" (Patent No.: US7206116B2) both design combined magnets that can generate high-intensity magnetic fields, but the combined magnets designed by these two patents, The local magnetic field strength in the working area (the area where the magnetic and optical materials are placed) is not high enough, and the combined magnet designed by the patent No. 5528415 leaves a gap S in the working area between the two sets of combined magnets, which reduces the The magnetic field strength in the working area, and the combined magnet designed by the patent No. US7206116B2, the working area is all placed in the magnetic cylinder composed of a single magnet. The magnetic field strength of this single magnet is much lower than that of the combined magnet. strength

In addition, the combined magnet with patent No. 5528415 adopts the method of adjusting the gap between the combined magnet components to adjust the magnetic field strength in the working area, which is difficult to adjust

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