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Polar and longitudinal magneto-optical spectroscopy of bismuth substituted yttrium iron garnet films grown by pulsed laser deposition

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Title Polar and longitudinal magneto-optical spectroscopy of bismuth substituted yttrium iron garnet films grown by pulsed laser deposition
 
Creator VEIS, M
LISKOVA, E
ANTOS, R
VISNOVSKY, S
KUMAR, N
MISRA, DS
VENKATARAMANI, N
PRASAD, S
KRISHNAN, R
 
Subject GADOLINIUM GALLIUM GARNET
FARADAY-ROTATION
THIN-FILMS
MAGNETOPHOTONIC CRYSTALS
MAGNETIC-PROPERTIES
DIELECTRIC TENSOR
INTEGRATED-OPTICS
PHOTONIC CRYSTAL
ENHANCEMENT
BI3FE5O12
Magnetooptic spectroscopy
Bismuth-substituted yttrium iron garnets
Effective medium theory
 
Description Ferrimagnetic bismuth substituted yttrium iron garnet Bi(x)Y(3-x)Fe(5)O(12) (BiYIG) films with x=1 and 2 pulsed laser deposited onto (111) Gd(3)Ga(5)O(12) (GGG) substrates were studied using magneto-optical (MO) Kerr spectroscopy in the photon energy range of 1.8-5 eV at both polar and longitudinal magnetizations. The interference at lower photon energies provided the refined film thicknesses ranging between 70 and 200 nm. The films were grown under compressive strain and displayed saturation magnetizations (mu(0)M(s)) lower than that of their bulk counterparts due to the presence of nanograins forming BiYIG layers and/or magnetically dead interface layers. The trends in the MO spectra agree with those deduced from the published permittivity tensor data for BiYIG using a transfer matrix model applied to a film (BiYIG)-substrate (GGG) system. Due to the reduced mu(0)M(s) the predicted amplitudes are typically higher. The agreement was improved using effective medium approach or by incorporating into the model MO passive interface layers. The information on MO activity at longitudinal magnetization in the garnet layers below 100 nm presents interest for MO imaging and magnetophotonic devices. The results suggest that the MO Kerr spectroscopy combined with MO Kerr magnetometry may represent a valuable, cheap and nondestructive tool for the characterization of magnetic garnet films less than 200 nm thick. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
 
Publisher ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
 
Date 2012-06-26T08:43:41Z
2012-06-26T08:43:41Z
2011
 
Type Article
 
Identifier THIN SOLID FILMS,519(22)8041-8046
0040-6090
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2011.06.007
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/jspui/handle/100/14212
 
Language English