Magneto-optical properties of cerium substituted yttrium iron garnet films with reduced thermal budget for monolithic photonic integrated circuits

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 27, 2012, Pages 28507-28517

  Goto, Taichi ^a   Onbaşli, Mehmet C ^a   Ross, C A ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CERIUM; FILM GROWTH; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SILICON; YTTRIUM ALLOYS;

CERIUM SUBSTITUTED YTTRIUM IRON GARNET; FILM STRUCTURE; GROWTH PROCESS; MAGNETIC AND MAGNETO-OPTICAL PROPERTIES; MAGNETOOPTICAL PROPERTIES; MONOLITHIC PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NEAR-IR; OPTICAL AND MAGNETO-OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLYCRYSTALLINE; RAPID THERMAL ANNEAL; SEED LAYER; SI-ON-INSULATOR; THERMAL BUDGET; VIRTUAL SUBSTRATES; YTTRIUM IRON GARNETS;

YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

CESIUM; IRON; YTTRIUM;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEAT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATERIALS TESTING; REFRACTOMETRY; SEMICONDUCTOR;

CESIUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; HOT TEMPERATURE; IRON; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; REFRACTOMETRY; SEMICONDUCTORS; YTTRIUM;

EID: 84872036751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.028507     Document Type: Article

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