**SPIE Paper Number: 5949-77 poster
Magneto-optic effects in isotropic media
P. Kurzynowski, W.A. Woźniak Institute of Physics
Wrocław University of Technology Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27
50-370 Wrocław, Poland
Abstract
The rule for both known magneto-optic effects in isotropic media is presented. It is a generalization of Faraday and Cotton-Mouton effects. This generalization includes any orientation of external magnetic field with regard to the light wave propagation direction. Also the formula for total birefringence in medium placed within magnetic field has been given.