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Magnetic properties of the magnetophotonic crystal based on bismuth iron garnet

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This article reports on the magnetism of continuous and patterned bismuth iron garnet (Bi3Fe5O12 or BIG) thin films for magnetophotonic crystal (MPC) applications. The exact knowledge of the magnetic properties is crucial for the design of fully functional MPC. BIG thin films were grown on several types of isostructural substrates by pulsed laser deposition. The growth conditions and bismuth transfer were optimized to obtain good quality magneto-optically active films compatible with nanostructuring process. MPC were successfully fabricated from BIG/GGG(001) films with low roughness and high Faraday rotation. Magnetic characteristics (magnetization, anisotropy, magnetic domains, magnetization reversal) of the continuous BIG films and MPC were extensively studied and compared to the results of the micromagnetic simulations performed for MPC with different anisotropy. The present study shows that the fabrication of the MPC structure lowers the magnetocrystalline and uniaxial in-plane anisotropies and induces a partial out-of-plane magnetization. External field smaller than 2000 G is sufficient to ensure the out-of-plane saturation of magnetization for optimum device operation, in agreement with micromagnetic calculations. The experimentally determined magnetic properties of MPC are fully compatible with the device operation. (C) 2012 American Institute of Physics. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4764345]
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hal-02070952 , version 1 (18-03-2019)

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Elena Popova, Liubov Magdenko, Halina Niedoba, Marwan Deb, Béatrice Dagens, et al.. Magnetic properties of the magnetophotonic crystal based on bismuth iron garnet. Journal of Applied Physics, 2012, 112 (9), pp.093910. ⟨10.1063/1.4764345⟩. ⟨hal-02070952⟩
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