Published October 1, 2014 | Version v1
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Compositional tuning of yttrium iron garnet film properties by multi-beam pulsed laser deposition

Creators

  • 1. Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO171BJ (United Kingdom)
  • 2. Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, Southampton SO171BJ (United Kingdom)

Description

We report an investigation of the effects of variation of composition on the properties of yttrium iron garnet films grown on yttrium aluminium garnet substrates by multi-beam pulsed laser deposition. The ferromagnetic resonance linewidth is used as a quality factor: a significant variation is noticed from changing composition, with an experimentally observed optimum at Y3.5Fe4.5O12. - Highlights: • Compositional tuning of materials is demonstrated via multi-pulsed laser deposition. • YIG (yttrium iron garnet) films with variable composition are prepared. • Variation of YIG properties with changing composition is investigated. • Growth dynamics of YIG is investigated to optimise FMR (ferromagnetic resonance). • FMR linewidth is minimised approximately at Y3.5Fe4.5O12

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2014.08.001

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.tsf.2014.08.001;
PII
S0040-6090(14)00788-3;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Thin Solid Films
Journal Volume
568
Journal Page Range
p. 31-37
ISSN
0040-6090
CODEN
THSFAP

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
47004216
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Descriptors DEI
ALUMINIUM OXIDES; CRYSTAL GROWTH; ENERGY BEAM DEPOSITION; FERRITE GARNETS; FERROMAGNETIC RESONANCE; IRON OXIDES; LASER RADIATION; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PULSED IRRADIATION; QUALITY FACTOR; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS
Descriptors DEC
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS; CHALCOGENIDES; COHERENT SCATTERING; DEPOSITION; DIFFRACTION; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FILMS; IRON COMPOUNDS; IRRADIATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MINERALS; OXIDE MINERALS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATIONS; RESONANCE; SCATTERING; SURFACE COATING; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS

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