Sol-gel processing of RxY3-xAlyFe5-yO12 magneto-optical films
dc.contributor.author | DiBiccari, Anders Owen | en |
dc.contributor.committeechair | Lu, Guo-Quan | en |
dc.contributor.committeemember | Corcoran, Sean G. | en |
dc.contributor.committeemember | Reynolds, William T. Jr. | en |
dc.contributor.department | Materials Science and Engineering | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-03-14T20:50:50Z | en |
dc.date.adate | 2003-03-31 | en |
dc.date.available | 2014-03-14T20:50:50Z | en |
dc.date.issued | 2002-12-13 | en |
dc.date.rdate | 2004-03-31 | en |
dc.date.sdate | 2002-12-27 | en |
dc.description.abstract | The goal of this research was the fabrication of thin films with magneto-optic (MO) properties. Accomplishment of this task was achieved via sol-gel processing of rare-earth and aluminum substituted yttrium-iron garnet (RxY3-xAlyFe5-yO12, R,Al:YIG), where R= Bi, Gd, Er, Ho. Detailed are the processing conditions, parameters and results leading to R,Al:YIG films with MO response. Success was attained with a 0.25M Gd,Al:YIG solution spin coated for 120 seconds at 3500rpm onto a (111) gadolinium gallium garnet (GGG) substrate and calcinated at 900°C for 4 hours. Samples were characterized via x-ray diffraction (XRD), magneto-optical loop tracer, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDS), profilometry and optical microscopy. | en |
dc.description.degree | Master of Science | en |
dc.identifier.other | etd-12272002-143144 | en |
dc.identifier.sourceurl | http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12272002-143144/ | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36458 | en |
dc.publisher | Virginia Tech | en |
dc.relation.haspart | etd.pdf | en |
dc.rights | In Copyright | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | en |
dc.subject | sol-gel processing | en |
dc.subject | rare earth and aluminum doped yttrium iron garnet | en |
dc.subject | GGG | en |
dc.subject | magneto-optical properties | en |
dc.title | Sol-gel processing of RxY3-xAlyFe5-yO12 magneto-optical films | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
thesis.degree.discipline | Materials Science and Engineering | en |
thesis.degree.grantor | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | en |
thesis.degree.level | masters | en |
thesis.degree.name | Master of Science | en |
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