Observation of inverse Cotton-Mouton effect in the magnetically ordered crystal (Lu, Bi)3(Fe, Ga)5O12
Zon B. A. , Kupershmidt V. Ya. , Pakhomov G. V. , Urazbaev T. T.
A nonthermal increase in the magnetization of a magnetic crystal illuminated by linearly polarized optical radiation has been observed for the first time. A first experimental estimate of the Cotton-Mouton constant has been found for a film of a rare-earth iron garnet containing bismuth.