Measurement of the Verdet Constant for a Previously Uncharacterized Fused Quartz Glass

摘要

The objective of this experiment is to measure and analyze the Verdet constant for Corning 7980, a fused quartz glass with no previously published Verdet constant data. This quartz glass is being used at the Belle II experiment at Tsukuba, Japan.udThe Verdet constant is measured using the Faraday effect – a magneto-optical phenomenon that describes the rotation of the plane of polarization of light within a medium in the presence of an external magnetic field. This experiment quantifies the rotation of the plane of polarization with respect to the wavelength and the magnetic field. Data collected through this experiment depicts a linear relation between the angle of rotation and the magnetic field. A linear relationship is also established between the Verdet constant and