Longitudinal magneto-optical effect enhancement with high transmission through a 1D all-dielectric resonant guided...

A significant enhancement of the longitudinal magneto-optical effect is demonstrated numerically and experimentally in transmission, and for small angles of incidence, through a subwavelength resonant structure consisting of a dielectric grating on top of a magneto-optical waveguide. The enhanced polarization rotation is associated with a high transmittance. These low footprint devices may thus be suitable for applications like magnetic field sensors or in non-destructive testing.