DEVICE FOR PROPAGATING MAGNETIC DOMAINS

摘要

A device for propagating magnetic domains, comprising a monocrystalline nonmagnetic substrate of a material having a garnet structure, and a layer of an iron garnet grown epitaxially on the nonmagnetic substrate. In the dodecahedral lattice sites, the iron garnet comprises at least a bismuth ion and a rare-earth ion selected from the group consisting of lutetium, thulium, and ytterbium. Such a magnetic garnet combines very high uniaxial anisotropy with a high domain mobility, which properties make the device extremely suitable for the propagation of magnetic domains having diameters from approximately 1 to approximately 2 mu m under the influence of comparatively low driving fields.