title: Magneto-optical properties of cerium substituted yttrium iron garnet films with reduced thermal budget for monolithic photonic integrated circuits.
abstract: Thin films of polycrystalline cerium substituted yttrium iron garnet (CeYIG) were grown on an yttrium iron garnet (YIG) seed layer on Si and Si-on-insulator substrates by pulsed laser deposition, and their optical and magneto-optical properties in the near-IR region were measured. A YIG seed layer of ~30 nm thick processed by rapid thermal anneal at 800°C provided a virtual substrate to promote crystallization of the CeYIG. The effect of the thermal budget of the YIG/CeYIG growth process on the film structure, magnetic and magnetooptical properties was determined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials and Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. ta1goto@mit.edu
authors.forename: Taichi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Mehmet C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Onbaşlı
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Ross
mesh_terms: D002586:Cesium / Q000737:chemistry*; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004735:Energy Transfer; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry*; D060526:Magnetic Fields; D008422:Materials Testing; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D012031:Refractometry; D012666:Semiconductors; D015019:Yttrium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D002586:Cesium; D015019:Yttrium; D007501:Iron