Physical Properties and Behaviour of Highly Bi-Substituted Magneto-Optic Garnets for Applications in Integrated Optics and Photonics

<table>Magnetic domain patterns obtained in two different garnet-bismuth oxide composite thin films (a) Bi<sub>2</sub>Dy<sub>1</sub>Fe<sub>4</sub>Ga<sub>1</sub>O<sub>12</sub>:Bi<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>, with an est. 23% of excess oxide, and (b) Bi<sub>1.8</sub>Lu<sub>1.2</sub>Fe<sub>3.6</sub>Al<sub>1.4</sub>O<sub>12</sub>:Bi<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>, with an est. 4.5% of excess bismuth oxide sputtered onto GGG (111) substrates.</table>

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Figure 7: Physical Properties and Behaviour of Highly Bi-Substituted Magneto-Optic Garnets for Applications in Integrated Optics and Photonics 