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The effects of the sputtering conditions on bismuth doped gadolinium iron garnet films

Conference · · IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Transactions on Magnetics; (USA)
OSTI ID:5215571
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  1. Magnetics Technology Center, Carnegie Mellon Univ., PA (US)
The effects of the sputtering conditions on the magnetic and magneto-optic properties of bismuth substituted gadolinium iron garnet (GdIG) films are studied. GdIG films with uniaxial perpendicular anisotropy and room temperature coercivities greater than 1 kOe have been deposited on glass substrates by rf magnetron sputtering. These films have Faraday rotations between 0.6 */{mu}m and 1.3 */{mu}/m and temperature dependent coercivities similar to rare earth-transition metal alloys. Increasing the rf power or argon bleeding pressure results in an increase in the compensation temperature (T/sub comp/) with little change in the Curie temperature (T/sub c/).
OSTI ID:
5215571
Report Number(s):
CONF-890309--
Conference Information:
Journal Name: IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Transactions on Magnetics; (USA) Journal Volume: 25:5
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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