Preparation of Bi2Gd1Fe5O12 magnetic garnet films showing Faraday rotation of 36.3 deg./μm on glass substrates by metal organic decomposition method

摘要

References(21) We fabricated the Bi2Gd1Fe5O12 thin films on glass substrates with the Gd3Fe5O12 buffer layer by the metal organic decomposition (MOD) method. We found an optimum thickness of the Gd3Fe5O12 buffer layer and annealing temperature for crystallization giving the maximum Faraday rotation. The optimum sample showed Faraday rotation of as high as 36.3 deg./μm at the wavelength λ = 500 nm, which is 23 times larger than the sample without the Gd3Fe5O12 buffer layer, and as high as 90.1% of the single crystalline Bi2Gd1Fe5O12 thin films on an (111) SGGG single crystal substrate. These results are promising for applications in optical waveguide isolators and magneto-optic spatial light modulators.