HARD MAGNETIC GARNET MATERIAL, FARADAY ROTATOR, OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FARADAY ROTATOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BISMUTH-SUBSTITUTED RARE EARTH IRON GARNET SINGLE CRYSTAL

摘要

A hard magnetic Bi-substituted rare earth iron garnet material with excellent Faraday rotary moment, temperature property, wavelength property and insertion loss is provided. A Bi-substituted rare earth iron garnet material having a chemical composition of (Bi_{3−a−b−c}Gd_aTb_bYb_c) Fe_(5−w)M_wO₁₂ (where, M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ga, Al, Ge, Sc, In, Si and Ti, 0.5≦a+b+c≦2.5, 0.2≦w≦2.5) can be provided with hard magnetism and have excellent Faraday rotary moment, temperature property, wavelength property and insertion loss.