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Reproducible growth and bubble properties of rare-earth-substituted YCaGeIG films

Conference · · AIP (Am. Inst. Phys.) Conf. Proc.; (United States)
OSTI ID:7361622
Thermally stable bubble garnets (YCaRE)/sub 3/(FeGe)/sub 5/O/sub 12/ (RE: rare-earth ion) were studied as materials for high density and high speed bubble devices. Rare-earth ions used were EuYb, EuTm, EuEr, Sm, SmLu and SmTm. These garnets were particularly useful for bubble materials with bubble diameters of 6 ..mu..m to less than 1 ..mu..m. For example, the temperature stabilities of submicron bubble garnet YCaSmLuGeIG were very good up to 140/sup 0/C, temperature coefficients of the stripe width and bubble collapse field being -0.01 percent//sup 0/C and -0.2 percent//sup 0/C, respectively. Typical values of 4 ..pi..Ms, uniaxial anisotropy field and wall mobility of this garnet were 518 Gauss, 1650 Oe and 600 cm/sec . Oe, respectively. For the higher reproducible growth the feedback control technique of the growth process was applied for YCaEuYbGeIG with 3 ..mu..m bubble diameters which was used for 10/sup 5/ bits/chip bubble devices. By this technique the epitaxial growth of the garnet was well controlled resulting in an extremely high yield of films: for example, more than 60 percent for bubble collapse field Ho = 140 +- 3 Oe.
Research Organization:
Fujitsu Labs., Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan
OSTI ID:
7361622
Conference Information:
Journal Name: AIP (Am. Inst. Phys.) Conf. Proc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 29
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English