Khazanov Efim A
Institute of Applied Physics, 46 Uljanov Street, Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia.
Appl Opt. 2004 Mar 20;43(9):1907-13. doi: 10.1364/ao.43.001907.
It is shown that the use of slabs instead of rods makes it possible to fabricate Faraday isolators and Faraday mirrors operating at a multikilowatt power. Analytical dependences of thermally induced depolarization in Faraday devices on radiation power and on slab aspect ratio have been obtained.