Magnetic properties of pulsed laser ablated YIG thin films on different substrates

Abstract Thin films of yttrium iron garnet (YIG) were deposited on single crystals of gadolinium gallium garnet (GGG) (1 1 1) and Si (1 0 0) substrates by pulsed laser deposition (PLD). The films deposited at substrate temperature ( T s ) of 750°C on GGG substrates show textured YIG phase. However, films deposited on Si substrates at T s of 600–750°C, show YFeO 3 phase along with one YIG (4 0 0) peak. For a T s of 850°C only one peak of very low intensity is observed which is close to (8 2 0) of YIG and (2 3 1) of YFeO 3 .