Nur-E-Alam, MohammadVasiliev, MikhailKotov, Viacheslav A.Balabanov, DmitryAkimov, IlyaAlameh, Kamal2019-10-152019-10-152015-04-21http://hdl.handle.net/2003/3828110.17877/DE290R-20251The effects of exchange coupling on magnetic switching properties of all-garnet multilayer thin film structures are investigated. All-garnet structures are fabricated by sandwiching a magneto-soft material of composition type Bi1.8Lu1.2Fe3.6Al1.4O12 or Bi3Fe5O12:Dy2O3 in between two magneto-hard garnet material layers of composition type Bi2Dy1Fe4Ga1O12 or Bi2Dy1Fe4Ga1O12:Bi2O3. The fabricated RF magnetron sputtered exchange-coupled all-garnet multilayers demonstrate a very attractive combination of magnetic properties, and are of interest for emerging applications in optical sensors and isolators, ultrafast nanophotonics and magneto-plasmonics. An unconventional type of magnetic hysteresis behavior not observed previously in magnetic garnet thin films is reported and discussed.enMaterials;8(4)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Magneto-opticGarnetMultilayer thin filmsMagnetic mediaNanophotonicsIntegrated optics530article (journal)