Multilayer structures with optical characteristics controlled by a magnetic field

The consideration of the gyromagnetic properties of multilayer structures with one or more magnetically active components shows that the application of a magnetic field to such structures imparts magnetically controlled optical properties to them. The effect of a magnetic field on the reflection coefficient of the multilayer structures manifests itself in two phenomena: a shift of the maximum of the spectral curve of the resonant reflection coefficient and a change (increase or decrease) in the bandwidth of this curve. The more pronounced of these two effects is the change in the bandwidth of the spectral curve of the reflection coefficient. The orientation (transverse or longitudinal) of the magnetic field applied to the multilayer structure determines important specific features of these effects. Calculation performed for two types of multilayer structures (Y3Fe5O12−Gd3Ga5O12 and Y3Fe5O12−SiO2) shows the possibility of their practical use, for example, in fiber optics.