Enhanced magnetic and optical properties of Y3Fe5O12 (YIG) films with Au nanoinclusions

Quigley, Lizabeth; Evancho, Katrina; Mihalko, Claire A.; Zhang, Yizhi; Liu, Chang; Chhabra, Max; Giri, Bharat; Huang, Jialong; Choudhury, Abhijeet; Gan, Jeremy; Lin, Zhengliang; Xu, Xiaoshan; Lu, Ping; Sarma, Raktim; Siddiqui, Aleem Mohammad; Wang, Haiyan

doi:10.1039/D5NR03907J

Title: Enhanced magnetic and optical properties of Y₃Fe₅O₁₂ (YIG) films with Au nanoinclusions

Journal Article · Thu Oct 30 00:00:00 UTC 2025 · Nanoscale

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D5NR03907J · OSTI ID:3013888

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Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States)
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Y₃Fe₅O₁₂ (YIG) thin films are well known for their ferrimagnetic insulating property and low Gilbert damping coefficient (α), allowing them to be used for various spintronic applications and as magneto-optical isolators for photonic devices. Instead of doping, incorporation of plasmonic metals as nanoinclusions could be a promising route for improved magneto-optical coupling properties. In this work, YIG–Au nanocomposites have been deposited with ferrimagnetic insulating YIG as the matrix and Au nanoinclusions which introduce plasmonic absorption, optical anisotropy, and hyperbolic properties. Films with varying Au nanoinclusion densities have been processed and annealed to compare with the as-deposited ones. The films that had low Au nanoinclusion density and were annealed presented a lower magnetic damping coefficient of 2.84 × 10⁻⁴ than the pure YIG film (9.66 × 10⁻⁴). The as-deposited film with the highest Au density shows the strongest hyperbolic properties among all samples. These results demonstrate that both magnetic damping and optical properties can be tuned through deposition conditions in YIG–Au nanocomposite thin films, allowing for a balance of both properties. This YIG–Au nanocomposite system presents promising potential in next-generation opto-spintronic devices.

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Research Organization:: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0003525; SC0020077

OSTI ID:: 3013888

Report Number(s):: SAND--2026-15566J; 1786803

Journal Information:: Nanoscale, Journal Name: Nanoscale Journal Issue: 47 Vol. 17; ISSN 2040-3364; ISSN 2040-3372

Publisher:: Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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