Magnetic triangular bubble lattices in bismuth-doped yttrium iron garnet

Magnetic bubbles have again become a subject of significant attention following the experimental observation of topologically nontrivial magnetic skyrmions. In recent work, tailoring the shape of the bubbles is considered a key factor for their dynamics in spintronic devices. In addition to the reported circular, elliptical, and square bubbles, here we observe triangular bubble domains in bismuth-doped yttrium iron garnet(Bi-YIG) using Kerr microscopy. The bubble domains evolve from discrete circular to latticed triangular and hexagonal shapes. Further, the orientation of the triangular bubbles in the hexagonal lattices can be flipped by decreasing the magnetic field. The sixfold in-plane magnetic anisotropy of Bi-YIG(111) crystal, which is presumably the mechanism underlying the triangular shape of the bubbles, is measured as1179 erg/cm~3. The study of the morphologies of topologically trivial bubbles in YIG offers insight into nontrivial spin textures, which is appealing for future spintronic applications.

Hydrothermal Synthesis, Characterization and Magnetic Properties of Rare Earth Iron Garnets Sm_3Fe_5O_(12) and Eu_3Fe_5O_(12)

The rare earth iron garnets R3Fe5O12（R=Sm, Eu） were synthesized under mild hydrothermal conditions, and their crystal growth was found to be sensitive to alkalinity, reaction temperature and time. The as-prepared samples were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction（XRD）, scanning electron microscopy（SEM）, infrared spectra（IR） and Raman spectrum. The M vs. H loops and magnetic parameters have been traced with a vibrating sample magnetometer（VSM） and superconducting quantum interference devices（SQUIDs） magnetometer. We proposed the formation mechanisms and formulated a reasonable explanation for their growth habits. Different morphologic characteristics were observed by changing alkalinity in the reaction systems. The magnetic studies gave saturation magnetization（Ms） and Curie temperature（TC）. The magnetic behaviors of Sm3Fe5O12 and Eu3Fe5O12 in mild hydrothermal systems are comparable with those in high temperature solid state reactions.

Structural and Magnetic Studies of Ga-doped Yttrium Iron Garnet

Ga-doped Yttrium Iron Garnet (Y_(3)Ga_(x)Fe_(5-x)O_(12),Ga:YIG) was prepared by solid state reaction method and sintering at 1 300 ℃.Rietveld analysis of X-ray diffraction patterns indicated that all samples crystallized in a single cubic structure (space group Ia-3d) with decreasing lattice constant as Ga concentration increased.SEM surface micrograph images of YIG samples showed highly compacted grains with small reduction in the grain size with increasing Ga concentration.Raman spectroscopy measurements confirmed the replacement of Fe^(3+) ions by Ga^(3+) ions in the garnet structure was revealed by the observed blue shifts in Raman spectra.The saturation magnetization decreased from 28.2 to 4.98 emu g^(-1) with increasing x from 0.0 to 1.0 due to the preferential substitution of Ga^(3+) ions for Fe^(3+) ions at tetrahedral sites.Room temperature Mössbauer spectra for the samples revealed a reduction of the hyperfine field values for octahedral and tetrahedral sites,and the development of additional components with increasing Ga concentration.Analysis of the magnetic data and Mössbauer spectra confirmed that spin canting in the substituted garnets plays an important role in explaining the observed reduction of the saturation magnetization as x increased.

Valence Control of Ce Ions in Cerium-substituted Yttrium Iron Garnet

Cerium-substituted yttrium iron garnet(Ce x Y 3-xFe 5O 12, Ce∶YIG) was prepared via coprecipitation. The structu re, morphology, valence state and constituent of Ce ions were investigated respe ctively. X-ray powder diffraction(XRD) analysis shows that Ce∶YIG was of singl e cubic YIG phase. The result of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS) indicate s the Ce ions in Ce∶YIG were in the state of trivalence. Scanning electron micr oscope(SEM) demonstrates the conglobation of Ce∶YIG particles about 0.2μm scal e.The magnetic properties were studied by a vibrating sample magnetometer(VSM) a nd the result exhibits that substitution of Ce 3+ changes the magnetic para meters of YIG. The effects of doping content of Ce ions and synthesis temperatu re on valence control were discussed in detail.

Highly Sensitive Fiber-Optic Faraday-Effect Magnetic Field Sensor Based on Yttrium Iron Garnet

The principle and performance of a fiber-optic Faraday-effect magnetic-field sensor based on an yttrium iron garnet (YIG) and two flux concentrations are described. A single polarization-maintaining optical fiber links the sensor head to the source and detection system, in which the technique of phase shift cancellation is used to cancel the phase shift that accumulatein the optical fiber. Flux concentrators were exploited to enhance the YIG crystal magneto-optic sensitivity .The sensor system exhibited a noise-equivalent field of 8 pT/√Hz and a 3 dB bandwidth of ～10 MHz.

Electromagneto-Optical Scanning of the Magnetic Domains Local Areas of Bismuth-Substituted Yttrium Iron Garnets

Magneto-electric properties of the magnetic domains local areas of bismuth-substituted yttrium iron garnet films are investigated. The electromagneto-optical (EMO) scanning method was used in our experiments when probing by laser beam various sites of separate magnetic domains of the film. Registered in our experiments the nonlinear and linear components of EMO effect does not remain to constants at optical scanning of various points of the magnetic domain. I.e. the local EMOE picture from the separate sites of the domain must be more informative than an averaged one in the multidomain case.

Growth,optical dispersion and magnetic behavior of Dy^(3+) doped yttrium iron garnet crystals

Y_(3)Fe_(5)O_(12)(YIG)crystals are highly desirable for the fabrication of mid-infrared isolators with the rapid growth of optical communications,although it is rather challenging to grow large size and high-quality single crystals.Dy^(3+)doping is expected to improve the optical and magneto-optical prope rties.However,high quality Dy:YIG crystals and the adjustment of Dy^(3+)on the structure and optical behavior of YIG crystal remain unclear,impeding its practical applications.Herein,a series of Y_(3-x)Dy_(x)Fe_(5)O_(12)(x=0,0.5,1.0,1.5,3)solid solution crystals was grown by the flux-Bridgman method and single crystals up to 25 mm were obtained.With the introduction of Dy^(3+),lattice parameters are gradually enlarged from 1.2379 nm(YIG)to 1.2420 nm(DyIG).Typical Dy^(3+)absorption peaks are observed around 1070,1265 and 1670 nm.The refractive index decreases from 2.37(500 nm)to 2.10(2500 nm)for YIG crystal,and it reduces from 2.47(500 nm)to 2.16(2500 nm)for DyIG crystal.The optical bandgaps remain almost unchanged for Dy:YIG crystals.The optical dispersion of the refractive indices was finely fitted by the Wemple and DiDomenico(WDD)and the Sellmeier models,respectively.With the increase of Dy^(3+)content,the saturation magnetization(Ms)decreases significantly from 23.62 emu/g(YIG)to 5.33 emu/g(DyIG).Small coercive field is persisted for this system,endowing small external magnetic field.These results provide valuable references for the manipulation of rare earths on the properties of magnetooptical crystals,which is beneficial to the design of high-performance garnet crystals for the application of optical switching and non-reciprocal related devices.

Effect of La^(3+)substitution on structural,microstructure,magnetic properties,and microwave absorbing ability of yttrium iron garnet

Synthesis and characterization of lanthanum-doped yttrium iro n garnet(YIG)in the compositional se ries of Y_(3-x)La_(x)Fe_(5)O_(12)(x=0.0,0.1,0.3,and 0.5)were carried out.All compositions were made by using solid state reaction method with ball-milling technique.The phase formation,surface morphology,magnetic properties,and microwave absorbing ability of all compositions were characterized by using an X-ray diffractometer,a scanning electron microscope,a vibrating sample magnetometer,and a Vector network analyzer.The results reveal that all compositions are crystallized into Y_(3)Fe_(5)O_(12)phase(space group la-3d(230).It was observed that the lattice constant is increased from 1.2373 to 1.2421 nm with the increase of lanthanum substitution level from x=0.0-0.5.The crystallite size of Y_(3-x)La_(x)Fe_(5)O_(12)series calculated by Scherrer method is found to decrease from 78 nm in x=0.0-63 nm in x=0.5.The particle size distribution from the surface morphology image analysis is shifted to lower-range number with the increase of lanthanum substitution level from x=0.0 to 0.5.The substitution process also affects the lattice distortion in La-doped samples and changes the bond angles and bond lengths of the YIG structure.As the results,a linear correlation between the Fe'-O-Fe bond angle with magnetic properties parameters of saturation magnetization(M_(s))and remanence magnetization(M_(r))was studied.Due to the lanthanum substitution process,all La^(3+)-doped samples possess higher M_(s)and M_(r)values compared to the original composition.The results of Vector network analyzer show that the improvement of the M_(s)and M_(r)plays an important role in enhancing the microwave absorbing ability of the materials.The minimum RL changes from-8.22 dB(~85.22%microwave absorption)in x=0.0 to-14.21 dB(~96.25%microwave absorption)in x=0.5.The enhancement is mainly ascribed to the natural magnetic resonance loss and dipoIe-polarization loss due to the substitution process.The decreasing particle size also enhances the microwave absorbing ability of the La-doped samples via multiple-reflections mechanism.

Influence of Forming Pressure on Properties of Yttrium Iron Garnet Ferrite

The Ca-Sn co-substituted yttrium iron garnet(YIG)ferrite materials were prepared by the traditional oxide solid-state reaction method,and the influence of forming pressure on the density,morphology and magnetic properties of YIG ferrite was systematically studied.The results show that the density of YIG ferrite green body increases with the increase of the forming pressure,while the density of its sintered body shows a trend of first increasing and then decreasing.At the same time,the ferromagnetic resonance(FMR)linewidth of YIG sample first decreases and then increases.Meanwhile,the effects of forming pressure on the saturation magnetization,remanence and coercivity of the sample can be ignored.This study proves that the density and FMR linewidth of YIG materials can be controlled by regulating the forming pressure and the best performance is obtained for the sample prepared under a forming pressure of 5 MPa.

Large size rare earth iron garnet single crystals grown by the flux-Bridgman method

Rare earth garnet(R_(3)Fe_(5)O_(12),RIG)single crystals are the most ideal magneto-optical medium for optical isolators for wavelength longer than 1.1μm,which has been commercially used in optical fiber communications.However,it is still a great challenge to grow large size RIG single crystals.In this work,highquality Y3 Fe5 O12(YIG)and Bi_(0.9)Tb_(2.1)Fe_(5)O_(12)(Bi:TIG)single crystals were successfully grown by the flux-Bridgman method for the first time.The as-grown crystals up to 20 mm in diameter was obtained using the PbO-B_(2)O_(3)flux.The transmittance of YIG crystals is over 75%in the region of 1100-2500 nm.TIG crystals also have good transmittance in the range of 1100-1700 nm,and show typical Tb absorption from 1700 to 2500 nm.The specific Faraday rotations of YIG and Bi_(0.9)Tb_(2.1)Fe_(5)O_(12) crystals are 185(°)/cm and-1250(°)/cm at 1550 nm,which are comparable to the commercial RIG crystals grown by LPE method.The present results indicate that flux-Bridgman method shows great potential to grow large size and high-quality RIG magneto-optical crystals.

Yttrium-iron garnet and yttrium orthoferrite nanocrystals:Hydrothermal synthesis, magnetic property and phase transformation study

In this work,we present a new and fast method to obtain the single phase YFeO(YIG,cubic) and YFeO(YIP, orthorhombic) nanocrystals based on hydrothermal technique. The influence of initial Y/Fe mole ratio and calcination temperature on the nature, purity, phase structure, and morphology of the product was investigated by X-ray diffraction(XRD), Fourier-transform infrared(FT-IR) spectroscopy,energy-dispersive(EDX) X-ray spectroscopy, and field emission scanning electron microscopy(FESEM).The results show that the transformation of the as-synthesized YIG from amorphous to orthorhombic and finally to cubic phase occurs with the increase of annealing temperature. On this basis, the pure cubic phase YIG can be obtained by calcination(at 1100℃) of the precursor which is prepared using the hydrothermal treatment of mole ratio of Y:Fe = 1:1.5 exposure to an ammonia atmosphere. Also, the initial Y/Fe mole ratio of 1:1 and calcination temperature of 1000 ℃ are the optimal conditions to form single-phase nanocrystalline YIP. Further, vibrating sample magnetometry(VSM) measurements illustrate the average magnetic saturation, coercivity and remanence of 2.73 and 15.00 emu/g, 42.74 and40.02 Oe, and 1.65 and 4.30 emu/g for YIP and YIG nanocrystals, revealing their soft ferromagnetic character.

放电等离子烧结Bi、Ce掺杂钇铁石榴石陶瓷的微观结构与磁性能

钇铁石榴石(Y_(3)Fe_(5)O_(12),YIG)是一种立方晶体结构的软磁铁氧体材料。YIG具有法拉第效应、低的铁磁共振线宽,在微波磁光领域具有广阔的应用前景。采用球磨法,通过预烧成功制备Y_(2.6-x)Bi_(0.4)Ce_(x)Fe_(5)O_(12)(x=0.1,0.2)粉末,再利用放电等离子烧结(SPS)将其在较低温度下制备成陶瓷。采用X射线衍射仪对陶瓷表面和内层进行了物相分析,采用扫描电子显微镜对粉体和陶瓷形貌进行观察,采用振动样品磁强计对样品进行了静态磁性能测试。实验结果表明,由于Bi元素的掺入,预烧温度降低到1050℃。利用放电等离子烧结方法,在1050℃、60 MPa、保温4 min条件下制备出孔洞少、表观密度为5.3585 g/cm^(3)和5.4469 g/cm^(3)的Bi,Ce-YIG陶瓷,实现了Bi,Ce-YIG陶瓷的低温快速烧结。Ce的掺入提高了Y_(2.6-x)Bi_(0.4)Ce_(x)Fe_(5)O_(12)(x=0.1,0.2)粉末陶瓷的饱和磁化强度(分别为23.01 emu/g、25.96 emu/g),有利于磁光器件的小型化。Bi,Ce-YIG陶瓷的铁磁共振线宽最低为140.5 Oe,有利于器件在微波应用中的低损耗。

滇西保山地块陡崖铁铜多金属矿床石榴子石年代学及其地球化学特征

陡崖夕卡岩型铁铜多金属矿床位于保山—镇康铅锌多金属矿带北段。区内矿体产于寒武系上统核桃坪组和沙河厂组中,岩性主要为大理岩化灰岩和夹泥质灰岩。目前,矿区内尚未揭露中酸性岩体。为厘清该矿床的成矿时代、成矿的物理化学条件和成矿流体的性质,我们对该矿床的石榴子石开展了细致的岩相学工作、地球化学分析以及LA-SF-ICP-MS U-Pb定年测试。结合野外调查与岩相学工作,主量元素特征表明:保山陡崖矿床产出的石榴子石属于钙铝榴石钙铁榴石固溶体系列,且该矿区的石榴子石可划分为两类(GrtⅠ和GrtⅡ)。微量元素特征表明:在陡崖矿床,随着温度、氧逸度的变化,流体体系的pH值经历了早期的中性—晚期的酸性的转变。通过应用石榴子石LA-SF-ICP-MS U-Pb定年方法,获得468~461 Ma的可靠年龄数据,表明滇西保山地块陡崖矿床成矿作用发生于中奥陶世。结合双脉地、清水河花岗岩与之相似的稀土配分曲线以及形成时代,推测该矿床可能与岩石圈地幔的拆沉作用有关,其源区主要为古老大陆地壳部分熔融,并有幔源物质的加入。

基于增益腔的腔磁力混合系统中的光放大和快慢光传播

为了在腔磁力系统中实现可控的磁子诱导透明、磁力诱导透明、光放大以及快慢光传播,建立了一个腔磁力混合系统模型.该模型由含有1个钇铁石榴石(YIG)球的增益腔组成.该模型利用强驱动来驱动YIG球,利用弱探测场探测微波腔.研究表明,通过选取最优增益和调节腔-磁耦合强度、磁-力耦合强度可以实现可控的磁子诱导透明、磁力诱导透明、光放大以及快慢光传播.该研究结果可为量子信息操纵、量子信息存储和灵敏光开关的研究提供参考.

CRYSTAL GROWTH AND MAGNETO OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF Ce^(3 +) DOPED IRONG ARNET

Thispaperisconcerned withthe preparation ofcerium doped yttrium iron garnet which areknown to be an oxide withlarge magneto opticaleffect. Usingtheimproved flux method wesuccessfully grew the bulksinglecrystalsofiron garnet doped by Ce 3 + ions with maximum substitution upto0 349. Here weinvestigatedthedifferentcomposition ofsolution for maxi mum Ce3 + substitution. Thespectra ofthe Faraday rotation andtheoptical absorption were measured inthenearinfrared region fordifferentCe3 + ionsdopediron garnets. The Cesub stitution prominentlyenhancesthe Faradayeffect,andthe Yb and Euionssubstitutefor Yinthe dodecahedralsitesof YIGcanincreasetheconcentration of Ce3 + ions, depresstheforma tion of nonmagnetic Ce4 + ionsbythechargecompensation.

Magnetic Properties of Y_3-2xCa_2xFe_5-xV_xO₁₂Garnets

A comprehensive study of the magnetic properties of Y3-2xCa2xFe5-xVxO12 (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) has been performed. The garnet ferrites samples were prepared by the ceramic technique, and X-ray diffraction analysis indicates the formation of single cubic phase. Vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM) and a superconducting quantum-interference device (SQUID) were used to measure the magnetic properties, especially the magnetization and thermo-magnetic behavior. The magnetization curves exhibit the typical characteristics of ferrimagnetic materials at both 4.2 K and at room temperature. The samples have a low coercivities (between 20 and 40 Oe) and saturation magnetizations as high as 36 emu/g at 4.2 K. The saturation magnetization decreases with V and Ca contents, reaching about 8 emu/g at 4.2 K (x = 1). For all samples, the saturation magnetization decreases with increasing temperature, whereas the Curie temperature increases for small values of x, from 557 K for x = 0 to a maximum of 590 K for x = 0.2. For larger values of x, it decreases and reaches 525 K for x = 1.0. The basic experimental trends reflect the occupancy of the tetrahedral 24d sites by vanadium in combination with the predominant intersublattice exchange constant Jad, although the nonzero magnetization at x = 1.0 indicates that about 10% of the substituted V atoms goes onto the octahedral 16a sites.

Y₃Fe₅O₁₂Prepared by Mechanosynthesis from Different Iron Sources

Yttrium iron garnet, Y3Fe5O12 (YIG) powders were synthesized by mechanochemical processing (MCP) from different iron sources (FeO, Fe2O3 and Fe3O4) mixed with Y2O3, followed by a heat treatment. The aim of this work is to demonstrate that MCP followed by annealing at very low temperatures (as compared with the classic solid state reaction) can induce the formation of nanostructured YIG. The effect of iron source on final structure was also studied. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were used to characterize the synthesized powders. The precursors mixed in a stoichiometric ratio to obtain YIG were milled at room temperature in a shaker mixer mill with a ball:powder weight ratio of 10:1. A partial synthesis of YIG was achieved after 9 h of milling time by using the three sources of iron;however, a significant fraction of the product was the perovskite YFeO3. The largest yield of YIG was obtained by using FeO. In all cases a single garnet phase could only be completely obtained after an annealing process at 900?C, around 400?C lower than the typical temperatures to prepare the material by solid state reaction. An analysis of the microstrain and lattice parameters associated with peak displacements is discussed.

Bismuth doping enhanced tunability of strain-controlled magnetic anisotropy in epitaxial Y_(3)Fe_(5)O_(12)(111) films

Y_(3)Fe_(5)O_(12)(YIG) and Bi Y_(3)Fe_(5)O_(12)(Bi:YIG) films were epitaxially grown on a series of(111)-oriented garnet substrates using pulsed laser deposition. Structural and ferromagnetic resonance characterizations demonstrated the high epitaxial quality, extremely low magnetic loss and coherent strain state in these films. Using these epitaxial films as model systems, we systematically investigated the evolution of magnetic anisotropy(MA) with epitaxial strain and chemical doping. For both the YIG and Bi:YIG films, the compressive strain tends to align the magnetic moment in the film plane while the tensile strain can compete with the demagnetization effect and stabilize perpendicular MA. We found that the strain-induced lattice elongation/compression along the out-of-plane [111] axis is the key parameter that determines the MA. More importantly, the strain-induced tunability of MA can be enhanced significantly by Bi doping;meanwhile, the ultralow damping feature persists. We clarified that the cooperation between strain and chemical doping could realize an effective control of MA in garnet-type ferrites, which is essential for spintronic applications.

顶部籽晶法生长大尺寸、高品质钇铁石榴石晶体

钇铁石榴石(Y_(3)Fe_(5)O_(12),YIG)晶体具有优异的磁学和磁光性质,在微波和磁光器件中有着广泛的应用。目前商用的磁光材料是采用液相外延技术在Gd_(3)Ga_(5)O_(12)(GGG)衬底上沉积的YIG单晶薄膜。本研究以无铅B_(2)O_(3)-BaF_(2)为复合助熔剂,采用顶部籽晶法技术(TSSG)生长YIG单晶材料,YIG晶体尺寸和重量分别可达43 mm×46 mm×11 mm和60 g。该晶体具有较窄的铁磁共振线宽(0.679 Oe)、高透明度(75%)和法拉第旋转角(200(°)·cm^(-1)@1310 nm,160(°)·cm^(-1)@1550 nm)等优异的综合性能,是微波和磁光器件的良好候选材料。更为重要的是,这种生长技术非常适合大尺寸YIG单晶或稀土掺杂YIG单晶,结合定向籽晶生长和提升工艺,可以显著降低生产成本。

溶液旋涂法制备Bi_(x)Y_(3-x)Fe_(5)O_(12)薄膜的自旋输运特性

钇铁石榴石(yttrium iron garnet,YIG)的自旋输运特性一直是自旋电子学的研究重点之一.Bi作为YIG最常见的掺杂元素,其薄膜Bi_(x)Y_(3-x)Fe_(5)O_(12)的磁光特性已经被广泛研究.但Bi^(3+)取代Y^(3+)对YIG自旋输运的影响规律还没有被系统地研究过.本文利用溶液旋涂法制备了不同掺杂比的Bi_(x)Y_(3-x)Fe_(5)O_(12)薄膜,并研究Bi掺杂对YIG薄膜形貌结构和自旋输运性能的影响.结果表明Bi掺杂没有改变YIG的晶体结构,掺杂比上升令薄膜的吸收强度增大,带隙减小.XPS表明了Bi^(3+)和Bi^(2+)的存在.Bi掺杂在自旋输运上的调控体现在Bi_(x)Y_(3-x)Fe_(5)O_(12)薄膜的磁振子扩散长度相比纯YIG薄膜有所减小.同时研究发现Pt/Bi_(x)Y_(3-x)Fe_(5)O_(12)薄膜中依然可以检测到明显的自旋霍尔磁电阻,并在x=0.3时振幅最大.