On the nature of the Faraday effect in the rare-earth ortho-aluminate TbAlO3

The magnetic susceptibility χ, the absorption and luminescence spectra, and the Verde constant V along different crystallographic axes of the rhombic crystal TbAlO3 have been investigated experimentally in the temperature interval 78–300 K. It is found that, in contrast to the magnetic susceptibility χ measured along the [110] axis, the Verde constant V varies in inverse proportion to the temperature in the given range. It is shown that this temperature dependence of the Verde constant measured along the [110] axis is connected with the absence of a contribution to the Faraday rotation of the van Vleck mechanism (in an external field H) of “mixing” of the states of the rare-earth ion Tb3+. From a comparison of the optical and magnetic measurements, we have determined the wave functions and magnitudes of the Stark intervals between the lower Stark sublevels for the 7 F 6 ground multiplet of the Tb3+ ion in the ortho-aluminate TbAlO3.

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