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

Tang, Chi; Aldosary, Mohammed; Jiang, Zilong; Shi, Jing; Chang, Houchen; Wu, Mingzhong; Madon, Benjamin; Chan, Kyle; Garay, Javier E.

doi:10.1063/1.4943210

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

Journal Article · Mon Mar 07 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4943210· OSTI ID:22591414

Tang, Chi; Aldosary, Mohammed; Jiang, Zilong; Shi, Jing ^[1]; Chang, Houchen; Wu, Mingzhong ^[2]; Madon, Benjamin ^[3]; Chan, Kyle; Garay, Javier E. ^[4]

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Riverside, California 92521 (United States)
Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523 (United States)
Laboratoire des Solides Irradiés, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F 91128 Palaiseau (France)
Department of Mechanic Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering Program, University of California, Riverside, California 92521 (United States)

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{sup −4} for 100 nm thick films.

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Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 108, Issue 10; Other Information: (c) 2016 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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