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We study spin Hall magnetoresistance (SMR) in Pt/ferrimagnetic insulator Y$_{3}$Fe$_{5}$O$_{12}$ (YIG) bilayers by focusing on crystallinity, magnetization, and interface roughness by controlling post-annealing temperatures. The SMR in the…
Here we demonstrate nanometer thick iron garnet films suitable for the magneto-optical applica-tions. Bismuth-substituted iron garnet films of compositions Bi{_1}Y{_2}Fe{_5}O{_{12}} and Bi{_1}Tm{_2}Fe{_5}O{_{12}} deposited on gadolinium…
Weexperimentally study the temperature dependence of the magnon-phonon coupling in a yttrium iron garnet (YIG)/gadolinium gallium garnet (GGG) heterostructure. More specifically, we use broadband ferromagnetic resonance to investigate the…
Al2O3 thin films have been deposited at substrate temperatures between 500{\deg}C to 600{\deg}C by reactive magnetron sputtering using an additional arbitrary substrate bias to tailor the energy distribution of the incident ions. The films…
We analyze the structural and magnetic characteristics of (111)-oriented lutetium iron garnet (Lu$_3$Fe$_5$O$_{12}$) films grown by molecular-beam epitaxy, for films as thin as 2.8 nm. Thickness-dependent measurements of the in- and…
We examine the magnetic easy-axis directions of stoichiometric magnetite films grown on SrTiO3:Nb by infrared pulsed-laser deposition. Spin-polarized low-energy electron microscopy reveals that the individual magnetic domains are magnetized…
Strong-coupling experiments based on magnons enable the exploration into on-chip demonstrations involving numerous long-lived excitations. Yttrium iron garnet (YIG) has been considered for decades as a gold standard material for magnonics…
The effect of thermal surface cleaning on the Gilbert damping, $\alpha$, of yttrium iron garnet (YIG), before capping with a metallic layer, has been investigated. Our results show that $\alpha$ is strongly effected by relatively mild…
We experimentally demonstrate tight focusing of a spin wave beam excited in extended nanometer-thick films of Yttrium Iron Garnet by a simple microscopic antenna functioning as a single-slit near-field lens. We show that the focal distance…
Nano resonators in which mechanical vibrations and spin waves can be coupled are an intriguing concept that can be used in quantum information processing to transfer information between different states of excitation. Until now, the…
Magnons have inspired potential applications in modern quantum technologies and hybrid quantum systems due to their intrinsic nonlinearity, nanoscale scalability, and a unique set of experimentally accessible parameters for manipulating…
The dependence of the spin pumping efficiency and the spin mixing conductance on the surface processing of yttrium iron garnet (YIG) before the platinum (Pt) deposition has been investigated quantitatively. The ferromagnetic resonance…
The magneto-optical (MO) effects not only are a powerful probe of magnetism and electronic structure of magnetic solids but also have valuable applications in high-density data-storage technology. Yttrium iron garnet (Y$_3$Fe$_5$O$_{12}$)…
We report an experimental study of the 1064nm transition dipoles in neodymium doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd-YAG) by measuring the coupling constant between two orthogonal modes of a laser cavity for different cuts of the YAG gain…
This paper reports on the design, fabrication, and characterization of an edge-coupled magnetostatic forward volume wave bandpass filter. Using micromachining techniques, the filter is fabricated from a yttrium iron garnet (YIG) film grown…
We have designed, fabricated, and characterized magnetostatic wave (MSW) resonators on a chip. The resonators are fabricated by patterning single-crystal yttrium iron garnet (YIG) film on a gadolinium gallium garnet (GGG) substrate and…
We study the influence of the interface quality of Pt/Y$_3$Fe$_5$O$_{12}$(111) hybrids on their spin Hall magnetoresistance. This is achieved by exposing Y$_3$Fe$_5$O$_{12}$(111) single crystal substrates to different well-defined surface…
The use of magnetic insulators is attracting a lot of interest due to a rich variety of spin-dependent phenomena with potential applications to spintronic devices. Here we report ultra-thin yttrium iron garnet (YIG) / gadolinium iron garnet…
All-optical ferromagnetic resonance (AO-FMR) is a powerful tool for local detection of micromagnetic parameters, such as magnetic anisotropy, Gilbert damping or spin stiffness. In this work we demonstrate that the AO-FMR method can be used…
Spin-wave-based computing has emerged as a promising approach to overcome the fundamental limitations of CMOS technologies. However, the increasing demand for device miniaturization down to a 100 nm scale presents significant challenges for…