Strong enhancement of the Faraday rotation in Ce and Bi comodified epitaxial iron garnet thin films

Manda Chandra Sekhar, Jae Yeol Hwang*, Marcello Ferrera, Yoav Linzon, Luca Razzari, Catalin Harnagea, Michael Zaezjev, Alain Pignolet, Roberto Morandotti

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Abstract

Ce and Bi comodified iron garnet (Ce2.2 Bi0.8 Fe 25 O12) thin films for magneto-optic applications were epitaxially grown on a (111)-oriented Gd3 Ga5 O 12 substrate by pulsed laser deposition. We found that epitaxial film quality could be achieved under a low-pressure Ar atmosphere. Surprisingly, our 1 μm thick epitaxial films showed a record Faraday rotation as high as 0.55 deg/μm, a value strongly dependent on the concentration of Bi3+ ions.

Original languageEnglish
Article number181916
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume94
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes

Funding

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TeraXion Ltd040514
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

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