Nanometer thick magneto-optical iron garnet films

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Autores principales: Gribova, Nika, Osmanov, Sebastyan, Lyashko, Sergey, Shilina, Polina, Mikhailova, Tatiana, Polulyakh, Sergey, Berzhansky, Vladimir, Wang, Xianjie, Han, Xiufeng, Belotelov, Vladimir, //
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author Gribova, Nika
Osmanov, Sebastyan
Lyashko, Sergey
Shilina, Polina
Mikhailova, Tatiana
Polulyakh, Sergey
Berzhansky, Vladimir
Wang, Xianjie
Han, Xiufeng
Belotelov, Vladimir
//
author_facet Gribova, Nika
Osmanov, Sebastyan
Lyashko, Sergey
Shilina, Polina
Mikhailova, Tatiana
Polulyakh, Sergey
Berzhansky, Vladimir
Wang, Xianjie
Han, Xiufeng
Belotelov, Vladimir
//
contents Here we demonstrate nanometer thick iron garnet films suitable for the magneto-optical applica-tions. Bismuth-substituted iron garnet films of compositions Bi{_1}Y{_2}Fe{_5}O{_{12}} and Bi{_1}Tm{_2}Fe{_5}O{_{12}} deposited on gadolinium gallium garnet substrate are fabricated and characterized. Their thicknesses range from 2 to 10 nm, which corresponds to just a few crystal lattice constants. Faraday rotation of the nanofilms reaches 29.7 deg/μm at 420 nm which is comparable and even a bit better than single crystal micrometer thick films of similar composition. The film surface morphology by atomic force microscopy gives root mean square (RMS) roughness of the nanofilms as small as 0.13 nm that is also similar to the RMS of single crystal micrometer thick films. The Bi{_1}Tm{_2}Fe{_5}O{_{12}} films demonstrate effective uniaxial anisotropy. These all make the fabricated nanofilms very promising for their po-tential applications in magneto-optical devices and quantum technologies.
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spellingShingle Nanometer thick magneto-optical iron garnet films
Gribova, Nika
Osmanov, Sebastyan
Lyashko, Sergey
Shilina, Polina
Mikhailova, Tatiana
Polulyakh, Sergey
Berzhansky, Vladimir
Wang, Xianjie
Han, Xiufeng
Belotelov, Vladimir
//
Applied Physics
Here we demonstrate nanometer thick iron garnet films suitable for the magneto-optical applica-tions. Bismuth-substituted iron garnet films of compositions Bi{_1}Y{_2}Fe{_5}O{_{12}} and Bi{_1}Tm{_2}Fe{_5}O{_{12}} deposited on gadolinium gallium garnet substrate are fabricated and characterized. Their thicknesses range from 2 to 10 nm, which corresponds to just a few crystal lattice constants. Faraday rotation of the nanofilms reaches 29.7 deg/μm at 420 nm which is comparable and even a bit better than single crystal micrometer thick films of similar composition. The film surface morphology by atomic force microscopy gives root mean square (RMS) roughness of the nanofilms as small as 0.13 nm that is also similar to the RMS of single crystal micrometer thick films. The Bi{_1}Tm{_2}Fe{_5}O{_{12}} films demonstrate effective uniaxial anisotropy. These all make the fabricated nanofilms very promising for their po-tential applications in magneto-optical devices and quantum technologies.
title Nanometer thick magneto-optical iron garnet films
topic Applied Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.04206