Specific Features of the Magnetic Anisotropy of Thin Yttrium Iron Garnet Films Prepared by Pulsed Laser Deposition


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Abstract

The specific features of dependences of the magnetic anisotropy constants on the thickness of yttrium iron garnet films prepared by pulsed laser deposition were studied. Films with thicknesses of 96–333 nm were produced by pulsed laser evaporation of the target material and deposition onto gadolinium-gallium-garnet substrates with the (111) orientation. The results of an investigation into static magnetic properties showed that the saturation magnetization decreases as the films get thinner. The high-frequency properties were studied by ferromagnetic resonance (FMR). The uniaxial and cubic anisotropy fields and the relaxation parameter were determined by analyzing the angular dependences of the resonance field and the FMR line width. It was found that as the thickness decreases, the strength of the uniaxial anisotropy field increases monotonically, while the cubic anisotropy field decreases and reverses its sign.

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A. P. Nosov

Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences; Ural Federal University Named after the First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin

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Email: nossov@imp.uran.ru
Russian Federation, Ekaterinburg, 620108; Ekaterinburg, 620002

S. S. Dubinin

Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: nossov@imp.uran.ru
Russian Federation, Ekaterinburg, 620108

D. V. Starichenko

Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: nossov@imp.uran.ru
Russian Federation, Ekaterinburg, 620108

D. V. Ivanov

Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: nossov@imp.uran.ru
Russian Federation, Ekaterinburg, 620108

A. V. Kobelev

Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: nossov@imp.uran.ru
Russian Federation, Ekaterinburg, 620108

E. A. Kravtsov

Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences; Ural Federal University Named after the First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin

Email: nossov@imp.uran.ru
Russian Federation, Ekaterinburg, 620108; Ekaterinburg, 620002

M. V. Ryabukhina

Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: nossov@imp.uran.ru
Russian Federation, Ekaterinburg, 620108

N. O. Antropov

Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences; Ural Federal University Named after the First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin

Email: nossov@imp.uran.ru
Russian Federation, Ekaterinburg, 620108; Ekaterinburg, 620002

V. D. Bessonov

Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: nossov@imp.uran.ru
Russian Federation, Ekaterinburg, 620108

S. V. Naumov

Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: nossov@imp.uran.ru
Russian Federation, Ekaterinburg, 620108

V. V. Ustinov

Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences; Ural Federal University Named after the First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin

Email: nossov@imp.uran.ru
Russian Federation, Ekaterinburg, 620108; Ekaterinburg, 620002

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