The yttrium iron garnet(YIG) samples are prepared at different temperatures from 900?C to 1300?C by the metalorganic decomposition(MOD) method. The chemical composition and crystal structure of the samples are studied by scanning electron microscope(SEM), XRD, and M ¨ossbauer spectrometer. It is shown that the ratio of ferric ions on two types of sites, the octahedral and the tetrahedral, is increased with the sintering temperature. At 1300?C, the pure garnet phase has been obtained, in which the ferric ions ratio is 2:3 leading to the minimum magnetic coercivity and maximum saturation magnetization. These results provide a route to synthesize pure YIG materials as the basic materials used in various spintronics applications.
Among the layered two-dimensional ferromagnetic materials(2D FMs),due to a relatively high T_(C),the van der Waals(vdW)Fe_(3)GeTe_(2)(FGT)crystal is of great importance for investigating its distinct magnetic properties.Here,we have carried out static and dynamic magnetization measurements of the FGT crystal with a Curie temperature TC≈204 K.The M-H hysteresis loops with in-plane and out-of-plane orientations show that FGT has a strong perpendicular magnetic anisotropy with the easy axis along its c-axis.Moreover,we have calculated the uniaxial magnetic anisotropy constant(K_(1))from the SQUID measurements.The dynamic magnetic properties of FGT have been probed by utilizing the high sensitivity electron-spin-resonance(ESR)spectrometer at cryogenic temperatures.Based on an approximation of single magnetic domain mode,the K_(1)and the effective damping constant(αeff)have also been determined from the out-of-plane angular dependence of ferromagnetic resonance(FMR)spectra obtained at the temperature range of 185 K to T_(C).We have found large magnetic damping with the effective damping constantαeff~0.58 along with a broad linewidth(ΔH_(pp)>1000 Oe at 9.48 GHz,H||c-axis).Our results provide useful dynamics information for the development of FGT-based spintronic devices.
