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

Abstract

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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  1. Univ. of California, Riverside, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
  2. Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO (United States). Dept. of Physics
  3. 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
  4. Univ. of California, Riverside, CA (United States). Dept. of Mechanic Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering Program
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Research Org.:
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Spins and Heat in Nanoscale Electronic Systems (SHINES)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)
OSTI Identifier:
1371197
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1240761
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0012670
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Applied Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 108; Journal 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; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; phonons; thermal conductivity; thermoelectric; spin dynamics; spintronics

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Tang, Chi, Aldosary, Mohammed, Jiang, Zilong, Chang, Houchen, Madon, Benjamin, Chan, Kyle, Wu, Mingzhong, Garay, Javier E., and Shi, Jing. Exquisite growth control and magnetic properties of yttrium iron garnet thin films. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4943210.
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Tang, Chi, Aldosary, Mohammed, Jiang, Zilong, Chang, Houchen, Madon, Benjamin, Chan, Kyle, Wu, Mingzhong, Garay, Javier E., & Shi, Jing. Exquisite growth control and magnetic properties of yttrium iron garnet thin films. United States. doi:10.1063/1.4943210.
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Tang, Chi, Aldosary, Mohammed, Jiang, Zilong, Chang, Houchen, Madon, Benjamin, Chan, Kyle, Wu, Mingzhong, Garay, Javier E., and Shi, Jing. Mon . "Exquisite growth control and magnetic properties of yttrium iron garnet thin films". United States. doi:10.1063/1.4943210. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1371197.
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@article{osti_1371197,
title = {Exquisite growth control and magnetic properties of yttrium iron garnet thin films},
author = {Tang, Chi and Aldosary, Mohammed and Jiang, Zilong and Chang, Houchen and Madon, Benjamin and Chan, Kyle and Wu, Mingzhong and Garay, Javier E. and Shi, Jing},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4943210},
journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
number = 10,
volume = 108,
place = {United States},
year = {2016},
month = {3}
}
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