Article contents
In-Plane Uniaxial Magnetic Anisotropy of Cobalt Doped Y3Fe5O12 Epitaxial Films
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 February 2011
Abstract
In an effort to develop a magnetic biasing layer for potential applications in integrated devices, we have grown thin films of Y3Fe5O12 with increased uniaxial anisotropy by doping with varying Co2+, concentration. To compensate for the charge differential between Co2+ and Fe3+, Ge4+ and Ce4+ are substituted for Fe3+ and y3+, respectively. These garnet films, prepared using pulsed laser deposition on (110) oriented Gd3Ga5O12 substrates, exhibit excellent crystallinity as determined from X-ray diffraction and Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy. The addition of Co2+ in Y3Fe5O12 films enhances the in-plane uniaxial anisotropy over an order of magnitude, depending on composition.
- Type
- Research Article
- Information
- Copyright
- Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000
References
- 2
- Cited by