Properties of exchange coupled all-garnet magneto-optic thin film multilayer structures

Authors/Creators

Mohammed Nur-E-Alam, Edith Cowan University
Mikhail Vasilev, Edith Cowan University
Viacheslav A. Kotov
Dmitry Balabanov
Ilya Akimov
Kamal Alameh, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow

Abstract

The effects of exchange coupling on magnetic switching properties of all-garnet multilayer thin film structures are investigated. All-garnet structures are fabricated by sandwiching a magneto-soft material of composition type Bi_1.8Lu_1.2Fe_3.6Al_1.4O₁₂ or Bi₃Fe₅O₁₂:Dy₂O₃ in between two magneto-hard garnet material layers of composition type Bi₂Dy₁Fe₄Ga₁O₁₂ or Bi₂Dy₁Fe₄Ga₁O₁₂:Bi₁₂O₃. The fabricated RF magnetron sputtered exchange-coupled all-garnet multilayers demonstrate a very attractive combination of magnetic properties, and are of interest for emerging applications in optical sensors and isolators, ultrafast nanophotonics and magneto-plasmonics. An unconventional type of magnetic hysteresis behavior not observed previously in magnetic garnet thin films is reported and discussed.

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of Publication

2015

Publisher

MDPI AG

School

Electron Science Research Institute

RAS ID

19147

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Comments

Nur-E-Alam, M., Vasiliev, M., Kotov, V.A., Balabanov, D., Akimov, I., Alameh, K. (2015). Properties of exchange coupled all-garnet magneto-optic thin film multilayer structures in Materials, 8(4), 1976-1992. Available here.