Modification of Bi:YIG Film Properties By Substrate Surface Ion Pre-treatment

Authors/Creators

A. N. Shaposhnikov
A. R. Prokopov
A. V. Karavainikov
V. N. Berzhansky
T. V. Mikhailova
V. A. Kotov
D. E. Balabanov
I. V. Sharay
O. Y. Salyuk
Mikhail Vasiliev, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
V. O. Golub

Abstract

The effect of a controlled ion beam pre-treatment of (1 1 1)-oriented Gd₃Ga₅O₁₂ substrates on the magneto-optical properties and surface morphology of the ultrathin bismuth-substituted yttrium–iron garnet films with a composition Bi_2.8Y_0.2Fe₅O₁₂ was studied. It has been shown that the observed sign inversion of magneto-optical effects (Faraday rotation and magnetic circular dichroism) observed in films that were deposited on the GGG substrate pre-treated by 1 keV and 4 keV Ar⁺ ion beams is a result of the substrate surface amorphization caused by the ion bombardment.

RAS ID

17406

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of Publication

1-1-2014

Faculty

Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School

School of Engineering

Copyright

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Publisher

Elsevier

Comments

Shaposhnikov, A., Prokopov, A., Karavainikov, A., Berzhansky, V., Mikhailova, T., Kotov, V., . . . Vasiliev, M. (2014). Modification of Bi: YIG film properties by substrate surface ion pre-treatment. Materials Research Bulletin, 55, 19-25. Available here