Exquisite growth control and magnetic properties of yttrium iron garnet thin films

Tang, Chi; Aldosary, Mohammed; Jiang, Zilong; Chang, Houchen; Madon, Benjamin; Chan, Kyle; Wu, Mingzhong; Garay, Javier E.; Shi, Jing

doi:10.1063/1.4943210

Title: Exquisite growth control and magnetic properties of yttrium iron garnet thin films

Journal Article · Mon Mar 07 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4943210· OSTI ID:1371197

Tang, Chi ^[1]; Aldosary, Mohammed ^[1]; Jiang, Zilong ^[1]; Chang, Houchen ^[2];

^[3]; Chan, Kyle ^[4]; Wu, Mingzhong ^[2]; Garay, Javier E. ^[4]; Shi, Jing ^[1]

Univ. of California, Riverside, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO (United States). Dept. of Physics
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Palaiseau (France); Univ. Paris-Saclay, Palaiseau (France); Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Palaiseau (France); Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau (France). Lab. des Solides Irradies
Univ. of California, Riverside, CA (United States). Dept. of Mechanic Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering Program

A layer-by-layer epitaxial growth up to 227 atomic layers of ferrimagnetic insulator yttrium iron garnet (YIG) thin films is achieved on (110)-oriented gadolinium gallium garnet substrates using pulsed laser deposition. Atomically smooth terraces are observed on YIG films up to 100 nm in thickness. The root-mean-square roughness is as low as 0.067 nm. The easy-axis lies in the film plane, indicating the dominance of shape anisotropy. For (110)-YIG films, there is well-defined two-fold in-plane anisotropy, with the easiest axis directed along [001]. The Gilbert damping constant is determined to be 1.0 × 10^-4 for 100 nm thick films.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Spins and Heat in Nanoscale Electronic Systems (SHINES)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012670

OSTI ID:: 1371197

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1240761

Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 108, Issue 10; Related Information: SHINES partners with University of California, Riverside (lead); Arizona State University; Colorado State University; Johns Hopkins University; University of California Irvine; University of California Los Angeles; University of Texas at Austin; ISSN 0003-6951

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