Abstract
We synthesized a series of slightly erbium-substituted yttrium iron garnets (Er:YIG), Y3-xErxFe5O12at different Er concentrations (x = 0, 0.01, 0.05, 0.10, and 0.20) using a solid-state reaction and investigated their structural, magnetic, and optical properties as a function of Er concentration. The volume of the unit cell slightly increased with Er concentration and Er atoms predominately replaced Y atoms in the dodecahedrons of YIG. The optical properties exhibited certain decreases in reflectance in the 1500-1600 nm wavelength range due to the presence of Er3+. Despite the many unpaired 4f electrons in Er3+, the total magnetic moments of Er:YIG showed similar trends with temperatures and magnetic fields above 30 K. An X-ray magnetic circular dichroism study confirmed the robust Fe 3d magnetic moments. However, the magnetic moments suddenly decreased to below 30 K with Er substitution, and the residual magnetism (MR) and coercive field (HC) in the magnetic hysteresis loops decreased to below 30 K with Er substitution. This implies that Er substitution in YIG has a negligible effect on magnetic properties over a wide temperature range except below 30 K where the Er 4f spins are coupled antiparallel to the majority Fe 3d spins. Our studies demonstrated that above 30 K the magnetic properties of YIG are retained even with Er substitution, which is evidence that the Er doping scheme is applicable for YIG-based magneto-optical devices in the mid-infrared regime.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 25078-25086 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | ACS Omega |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 29 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 26 Jul 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (Y.C., S.K., and S.C.: NRF-2020K1A3A7A09080370; A.Y.M., Y.K., and D-Y.C.: NRF-2021R1A2C1004644). D-Y.C. was also supported by “Research Base Construction Fund Support Program” funded by the Jeonbuk National University in 2021. This research was supported by the BK21 FOUR (Fostering Outstanding Universities for Research) funded by the Ministry of Education and National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-5199990614253).
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