Dense nanocrystalline yttrium iron garnet films formed at room temperature by aerosol deposition
Highlights: • We deposit yttrium iron garnet films at room temperature using aerosol deposition. • Films are 96% of theoretical density for yttrium iron garnet. • We report magnetic and structural properties post-deposition and post-annealing. • Low-temperature annealing decreases the FMR linewidth. • We discuss features of the FMR spectra at each anneal temperature. - Abstract: We have employed aerosol deposition to form polycrystalline yttrium iron garnet (YIG) films on sapphire at room temperature that are 90–96% dense. We characterize the structural and dynamic magnetic properties of the dense films using scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and ferromagnetic resonance techniques. We find that the as-deposited films are pure single-phase YIG formed of compact polycrystallites ∼20 nm in size. The ferromagnetic resonance mode occurs at 2829 G with a linewidth of 308 G. We perform a series of successive anneals up to 1000 °C on a film to explore heat treatment on the ferromagnetic resonance linewidth. We find the narrowest linewidth of 98 G occurs after a 750 °C anneal.
- OSTI ID:
- 22581513
- Journal Information:
- Materials Research Bulletin, Vol. 76; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2015 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0025-5408
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
ANNEALING
DEPOSITION
FERRITE GARNETS
FERROMAGNETIC RESONANCE
FILMS
IRON OXIDES
LINE WIDTHS
MAGNETIC MATERIALS
MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
MICROSTRUCTURE
NANOSTRUCTURES
POLYCRYSTALS
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
TEMPERATURE RANGE 0273-0400 K
X-RAY DIFFRACTION
YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS