Large Faraday rotations are reported tor Rh
4+-substituted magnetic garnets in the visible wavelength region, in comparison with those observed in Ir
4+ substituted ones. Although rather strong absorptions are observed in the visible region, no absorption peaks corresponding to the Faraday rotation peaks are observed in the absorption spectra. In order to study the origin of the Faraday rotations, Rh
4+-and Ir
4+-substituted nonmagnetic garnet films are prepared by an LPE method and optical absorption spectra are measured. In addition, the electronic state calculation of (M
4+O
62-)
8- (M=Rh,Ir) octahedral clusters are performed by using the SCF-Unrestricted -SW Xα method. From the observed absorption spectra in nonmagnetic garnets and the electronic state calculations, large Faraday rotations are assigned to the charge transfer transitions of an electron from O 2p to Rh 4d or Ir 5d orbitals, or
t1un →
t2g* and
t2un →
t2g* transitions.
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