Document Type

Journal Article

Keywords

chemical physics, magnetic properties, magnetochemistry, nanocomposites, nanomaterials, nanostructured materials.

Faculty

Faculty of Computing, Health and Science

School

Electron Science Research Institute (ESRI)

RAS ID

12658

Comments

This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of: Nur E Alam, M. , Vasiliev, M. , Alameh, K. , & Kotov, V. (2011). Synthesis of high-performance magnetic garnet materials and garnet-bismuth oxide nanocomposites using physical vapor deposition followed by high-temperature crystallization. Pure and Applied Chemistry, 83(11), 1971-1980. Available here

Abstract

Bi-substituted iron garnet (Bi:IG) compounds synthesized in thin film form are the best semi-transparent magneto-optical (MO) materials for applications in magnetic recording, optical sensors, and photonics. These materials can possess attractive magnetic properties and the highest specific Faraday rotation in the visible and near-infrared spectral regions, if the deposited layers contain a high volumetric fraction of the garnet phase and possess high-quality surfaces and microstructure. In this paper, we study the effects of various deposition and annealing process parameters on the properties of Bi:IG and garnet-oxide nanocomposite films of several composition types fabricated using radio-frequency (RF) sputtering deposition followed by high-temperature isothermal crystallization. We also investigate the kinetics of garnet phase formation within a garnet-Bi-oxide nanocomposite material.

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Link to publisher version (DOI)

10.1351/PAC-CON-11-02-02