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2009

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Rf-Sputtered Bi-Substituted Iron Garnet Composite Films For Visible-Range Magnetooptics, Mohammad Alam, Mikhail Vasiliev, Kamal Alameh, V. A. Kotov Jan 2009

Rf-Sputtered Bi-Substituted Iron Garnet Composite Films For Visible-Range Magnetooptics, Mohammad Alam, Mikhail Vasiliev, Kamal Alameh, V. A. Kotov

Research outputs pre 2011

We report on the synthesis of new magneto-optical materials with excellent optical and magneto-optical properties for visible-range and near-infrared applications. Bi-substituted composite garnet films fabricated with excess bismuth oxidecontent using RF co-sputtering and oven-annealing processes have been found to possess simultaneously record MO quality and uniaxial magnetic anisotropy.


Rf Magnetron Sputtered (Bidy)3(Fega)5o12:Bi2o3 Composite Garnet-Oxide Materials Possessing Record Magneto-Optic Quality In The Visible Spectral Region, Mikhail Vasiliev, Mohammad Alam, V.A. Kotov, Kamal Alameh, V.I. Belotelov, V.I. Burkov, A.K. Zvezdin Jan 2009

Rf Magnetron Sputtered (Bidy)3(Fega)5o12:Bi2o3 Composite Garnet-Oxide Materials Possessing Record Magneto-Optic Quality In The Visible Spectral Region, Mikhail Vasiliev, Mohammad Alam, V.A. Kotov, Kamal Alameh, V.I. Belotelov, V.I. Burkov, A.K. Zvezdin

Research outputs pre 2011

Bismuth-substituted iron garnets are considered to be the most promising magneto-optical materials because of their excellent optical transparency and very high magneto-optical figures of merit in the near-infrared spectral region. However, the practical application of garnets in the visible and short-wavelength infrared parts of spectrum is currently limited, due to their very high optical absorption (especially in sputtered films) in these spectral regions. In this paper, we identify the likely source of excess absorption observed in sputtered garnet films in comparison with epitaxial layers and demonstrate (Bi,Dy)(3)(Fe,Ga)(5)O(12): Bi(2)O(3) composites possessing record MO quality in the visible region.