Terbium Gallium Garnet (TGG) is the right crystal
material for Farady devices(Rotator and Isolator). The Farady ratator
is made up of a TGG rod contained in a special designed magnet. The
polarization of a light beam passing through the rotator makes rotation.The
direction of rotation is only dependent on the direction of the magnetic
field and not on the direction of propagation of the light beam.The
optical isolator consists of a 45 degree rotator set between two suitably
arrayed polarizers which allow a light beam to pass through in one
direction only. With a combination of excellent properties, such as
large verdet constant,low light loss, high thermal conductance and
high light damage threshold,TGG is the unique material for Farady
devices. It is widely used for YAG lasers and Ti:sapphire tunable
lasers,ring lasers ,etc.