Crystal growth and magnetic property of YFeO_3 crystal

摘要

YFeO_3 and other rare earth substituted crystals with distorted orthorhombic pervoskite-Iike structure (space group, Pbnm) have attracted much attention due to their remarkable magnetic properties of primary significance for technological applications. In the present work, the floating zone growth of YFeO_3 crystals has been systematically investigated and high quality YFeO_3 crystal was obtained by optimized process. The magnetic properties of YFeO_3 crystal were investigated, and it indicated the high magneto-optical property in YFeO_3 crystals with specific orientation due to its anisotropy. YFeO_3 crystals display superior performance in the application magneto-optical current sensors and fast latching optical switches.