Interface effects in nanometer-thick yttrium iron garnet films studied by magneto-optical spectroscopy

Jakubisova, Eva Liskova; Visnovsky, Stefan; Chang, Houchen; Wu, Mingzhong

doi:10.1063/1.4942379

Interface effects in nanometer-thick yttrium iron garnet films studied by magneto-optical spectroscopy

Journal Article · Tue Feb 23 04:00:00 EST 2016 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4942379· OSTI ID:1371198

Jakubisova, Eva Liskova ^[1]; Visnovsky, Stefan ^[1]; Chang, Houchen ^[2]; Wu, Mingzhong ^[2]

Charles Univ., Prague (Czech Republic). Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO (United States). Dept. of Physics

The properties of nanometer-thick yttrium iron garnet (YIG) films are strongly influenced by interfaces. This work employs spectral ellipsometry (SE) and magneto-optic polar Kerr rotation (PKR) to characterize YIG films with thickness, t, from 6 nm to 30 nm grown on Gd₃Ga₅O₁₂ (GGG) substrates oriented parallel to (111) plane. The films display a surface roughness of 0.35 nm or lower. The analysis of the SE data at the photon energies of 1 eV < E < 6.5 eV provided the t and permittivity values. The PKR at 1.3 eV < E < 4.5 eV is reasonably explained with the optical model for the YIG film/GGG substrate system. Even better agreement is achieved by assuming a 1.07-nm-thick layer sandwiched between YIG and GGG that has Fe³⁺ sublattice magnetization opposite to that in the YIG volume. This suggests the existence of antiferromagnetic coupling between the Gd³⁺ and tetrahedral Fe³⁺.

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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) (SC-22); Czech Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF); US Army Research Office (ARO); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012670

OSTI ID:: 1371198

Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 108; ISSN 0003-6951

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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