Nonlinear optical spectroscopy of epitaxial magnetic garnet films
Second and third harmonic optical spectra are studied in epitaxial magnetic thin films in the spectral ranges 1.7-3.2 eV and 2.4-4.2 eV, respectively. No significant increase of the intensity of the nonlinear spectra is found above the bandgap near 3.2 eV, where the linear absorption increases by tw...
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Fizika Nizkikh Temperatur, 2002, v. 28, No. 7, p. 733 –738
Nonlinear optical spectroscopy
of epitaxial magnetic garnet films
V. V. Pavlov and R. V. Pisarev
A. F. Ioffe Physical Technical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 194021 Russia
E-mail: pisarev@pop.ioffe.rssi.ru
M. Fiebig and D. Fröhlich
Institut für Physik, Universität Dortmund, 44221 Dortmund, Germany
Received February 1, 2002
Second and third harmonic optical spectra are studied in epitaxial magnetic thin films in
the spectral ranges 1.7–3.2 eV and 2.4–4.2 eV, respectively. No significant increase of the in-
tensity of the nonlinear spectra is found above the bandgap near 3.2 eV, where the linear ab-
sorption increases by two orders of magnitude. Large magnetic contributions to the second
harmonic spectra and magnetic contrast as high as 100% are observed at selected photon ener-
gies. Contrary to that, no magnetic contribution to the third harmonic spectra is found.
PACS: 78.20.–e, 42.65.Ky, 75.50.Gg
1. Introduction
Bulk magnetic garnets and epitaxial magnetic
garnet films are two well-known groups of materi-
als characterized by a large variety of very useful
magnetic, acoustic, optical, and magneto-optical
properties [1–4]. For more than four decades they
have remained one of the most actively studied
magnetic dielectrics, both from the fundamental
point of view as multi-sublattice ferrimagnets and
for the purpose of technological applications. The
prototype material of bulk crystals and thin films is
yttrium iron garnet { [ ] ( )Y} Fe Fe O3 122 3 (YIG).
The unit cell contains eight formula units. The
rare-earth ions R3� enter 24c dodecahedral posi-
tions 8 3{...} , while the Fe3� ions enter 16a octahe-
dral positions 8 2[...] and 24d tetrahedral positions
8 3(...) . The superexchange interaction between the
magnetic Fe3� ions leads to antiparallel ferrimag-
netic ordering of the magnetic moments of the octa-
hedral and tetrahedral iron sublattices. This strong
interaction leads to a Curie temperature in the
range of TC � 500–600 K. The superexchange inter-
action between the rare-earth magnetic ions and the
iron sublattices leads to an antiparallel orientation
of the rare-earth magnetic moments with respect to
the magnetization of the tetrahedral sublattice. A
remarkable feature of magnetic garnets is the possi-
bility of substituting ions in all three magnetic
sublattices by many other magnetic and nonmag-
netic ions from the periodic table of the elements.
This degree of freedom allows one to vary practi-
cally all of the physical properties of bulk crystals
and epitaxial films over a very wide range.
The magnetic iron garnets are highly transparent
in the near infrared range 0.2–1.0 eV [5]. At lower
energy the absorption rapidly increases due to lattice
vibrations. The absorption increases progressively at
photon energies higher than about 1 eV due to the
intrinsic localized electronic transitions between the
( )3 5d levels of the Fe3� ions and, subsequently,
above 3.2 eV due to intense charge-transfer and
interband transitions, finally approaching absorp-
tion coefficients as high as 5 105 1� �cm above 5 eV
[6]. The linear magneto-optical properties of gar-
nets, and in particular bismuth-substituted garnets,
have attracted a lot of interest due to the fact that
very high values of the specific Faraday rotation up
to 105 deg/cm were observed at room temperature.
To our knowledge, these values are probably the
highest ever observed at room temperature due to a
spontaneous magnetization.
© V. V. Pavlov, R. V. Pisarev, M. Fiebig, and D. Fröhlich, 2002
Bulk crystals of magnetic garnets belong to the
centrosymmetric cubic point group m3m (space
group Ia3d). In the thin films, however, the obser-
vation of a linear magneto-electric effect proved
that the inversion symmetry is broken [7]. This is
related to the fact that the films, which are grown
by a liquid-phase epitaxial method on substrates
cut from bulk cubic crystals of gadolinium gallium
garnet Gd Ga O3 5 12 (GGG) or substituted GGG
(SGGG), possess a lattice parameter different from
that of the substrate, which leads to a distorted
noncubic crystal structure. Previous studies of sec-
ond harmonic generation (SHG) in magnetic garnet
films were restricted to a few selected photon ener-
gies determined by the pump lasers, such as 1.17 eV
(Nd:YAG lasers) or ~� 1.5 eV (Ti–sapphire lasers)
[8]. Though breaking of inversion is not important
in the analysis of the magnetic properties, it plays
an essential role for the electro-optical and nonli-
near optical properties. In particular, it allows
crystallographic and the magnetic contributions to
SHG in the electric dipole approximation. Obvi-
ously, studies at selected photon energies could not
clarify relations between observed SHG signals and
particular features of electronic structure, absorp-
tion spectra and magneto-optical spectra. In the
present paper we report first results on a spectro-
scopic study of SHG and third harmonic generation
(THG) in magnetic garnet films below and above
the fundamental band gap near 3.2 eV.
2. Electronic transitions in iron garnets
Optical absorption and reflection spectra of con-
centrated and diluted iron garnets have been studied
in a large number of publications and the most im-
portant data are summarized in Ref. 4. In spite of
numerous publications along these lines, the assign-
ments of spectral features remain doubtful in most
cases due to the complexity of the spectra. Experi-
mental data and crystal field calculations are sum-
marized in Fig. 1. In its middle part Fig. 1 shows
experimentally observed transition energies in YIG
as reported in several papers [5,6,9–15]. The elec-
tronic structure of iron garnets has been a subject
of calculations based on crystal field theory and
molecular orbital theory [5,9,14,16–18]. The left
panels of Fig. 1 show the localized states of the
Fe3� ions in the tetrahedral and octahedral sub-
lattices. These states are given according to crystal
field calculations which take into account tetra-
gonal distortions in the tetrahedral sublattice and
trigonal distortions in the octahedral sublattice
[18].The calculations show that the relevant split-
tings and shifts of the electronic states may of the
order of 0.5 eV and therefore comparable to the
splitting of the states in the cubic crystal fields of
Td and Oh symmetry.
Below the band gap the electronic transitions
could be studied by transmission methods based on
optical and magneto-optical techniques, whereas
for transitions above the band gap of � 3.2 eV re-
flection methods are in general more favorable
[9,11,12]. With the use of very thin YIG films (t =
= 0.26 �m) absorption spectra could be obtained up
to 5.0 eV [6]. It should be noticed that all optical
transitions between the localized states of the Fe3�
ions are spin-forbidden. In addition, the transitions
in the octahedral sublattice are parity-forbidden in
the electric-dipole approximation and become al-
lowed due to interaction with odd phonons.
Optical absorption of YIG in the near infrared
spectral range commences at about 1.2 eV and
is due to the localized electronic transition
6
1
4
1A Tg g� between the ( )3 5d levels of the Fe3�
ions in the octahedral sublattice. This transition is
magnetic-dipole-allowed and leads to two very
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Tetrahedral
calculated
Absorption
observed
Octahedral
calculated
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6
Pump THGSHG
P
h
o
to
n
e
n
e
rg
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Fig. 1. The two columns on the left show the crystal
field energy states of the Fe3+ ion in the distorted tetra-
hedral and octahedral positions in the garnet structure.
The column in the middle shows the experimentally ob-
served electronic transitions and the continuous absorp-
tion at higher photon energy. The right part of the fi-
gure shows the energy range of the pump beam and that
of the SH and TH spectra.
weak absorption lines [10]. It is readily seen from
Fig. 1 that at higher energy the transitions in the
octahedral and the tetrahedral sublattices are over-
lapping, so that the unambiguous assignment of the
states becomes difficult. In fact, the experimentally
observed spectrum of YIG is characterized by a
more complicated structure than expected from the-
ory even if the case of very low symmetries is taken
into account. Aside from their dependence on the
cubic and noncubic crystal field parameters, the po-
sitions of the electronic levels are also subject to
several other parameters, such as the intra-atomic
interaction parameters, spin–orbit coupling, ex-
change interaction, etc. In strongly correlated sys-
tems like iron garnets, paired transitions may lead
to additional absorption bands in the optical spec-
tra. For example, absorption bands in the spectral
range around 2.5 eV are at least in part due to
paired transitions. These factors, being sometimes
of comparable magnitude or not exactly known,
complicate the unique assignment of optical absorp-
tion bands. Low-temperature optical and mag-
neto-optical studies resolve the splittings of the
transitions, revealing a rather complicated ener-
gy-level structure.
The exact position of the band gap remains not
well defined and is usually assumed to lie near
3.2–3.4 eV, where the absorption coefficient of
YIG starts to increase more rapidly, approaching
values of � � � �5 105 1cm above 5 eV [6]. This ab-
sorption value is typical for interband transitions in
transition-metal oxides. The substitution of Bi3�
for Y3� in iron garnets leads to a shift of the strong
absorption edge to lower energy and to a huge in-
crease of magneto-optical effects in the visible and
ultraviolet spectral range. The suggested micro-
scopic mechanisms of the enhanced magneto-optical
Faraday and Kerr effects are assumed to originate
in an increase of the spin–orbit interaction due to
the formation of a molecular orbit between the 3d
orbitals of the Fe3� ions and the 2p orbitals of O2�.
This is further mixed with the 6p orbitals of Bi3� ,
which has a large spin–orbit interaction coefficient.
A recent analysis shows that the most important
electronic transitions responsible for the Faraday
rotation in bismuth-substituted garnets lie at 2.6,
3.15, and 3.9 eV [19].
3. Experiment
In the present study we used thin films of mag-
netic garnets grown by a liquid-phase epitaxial
method. Films were grown on transparent nonmag-
netic substrates cut from bulk cubic crystals of ga-
dolinium gallium garnet Gd Ga O3 5 12 or substituted
GGG. The films were grown on substrates with the
four different orientations (001), (110), (111), and
(210) and differed in their compositions, lattice pa-
rameters, and thicknesses [8]. Optical absorption
spectra were measured using a Cary 2300 spec-
trophotometer and were found to be in agreement
with published data. Absorption spectra measured
at T = 15 K in three films are shown in Fig. 2. Op-
tical densities higher than D = 4.5 are above the
working range of the spectrophotometer and could
not be measured.
The setup for the SHG and THG experiments is
shown in Fig. 3. A Nd: YAG laser system and
a �-BaB O2 4 operated optical parametric oscillator
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Nonlinear optical spectroscopy of epitaxial magnetic garnet films
�
�
�
O
p
ti
c
a
l
d
e
n
s
it
y
,
Fig. 2. Optical absorption spectra in the three garnet
films studied in the paper. The films differ in their com-
positions and thicknesses. Optical densities higher than
D = 4.5 are out of the range of the spectrophotometer
and could therefore not be measured.
WP
Lens
F
Lens
Analyzer
F
OPO
Mono-
chromator
Reference
Idler
Glan
Prism
Reference
Lens
EM
S M
M
M
M
Fig. 3. Transmission setup for SH/TH spectroscopy.
SHG/THG: second harmonic/third harmonic genera-
tion; OPO: optical parametric oscillator; WP: wave
plate; F: filter; S: sample; EM: electromagnet; PM:
photomultiplier; PC: personal computer; M: mirror.
(OPO) were used as the light source, the perfor-
mance of which was monitored with a wavemeter.
The pulse energy was measured for normalizing the
observed SH and TH intensities. For proper nor-
malization it was necessary to measure the absorp-
tion of the fundamental beam by placing a pho-
todiode behind the sample, since in all samples the
absorption varies strongly as function of the photon
energy. Wave plates, polarizers, and optical filters
were used to set the polarization of the fundamen-
tal light, analyze the polarization of the SH and
TH light, and separate the fundamental light from
the SH and TH light behind the sample. In some
cases, a monochromator was included in the setup
in order to exclude the possibility of two-photon
luminescence contributions to the observed signals.
By a telephoto lens the signal light was projected
on a cooled CCD camera or a photomultiplier. The
data were corrected for the spectral response of the
filters and the detection system. The magnetic con-
trast was determined from the normalized differ-
ence between the SH intensity for opposite orienta-
tions of the saturating transverse magnetic field.
4. Nonlinear optical susceptibilities
In magnetically ordered materials the relation
between the induced polarization P and the electric
field E( )� of the fundamental beam in the electric
dipole approximation can be written as
P = E
E E
E E E
� � �
� � �
� � � �
0
1
2
3
( �
�
�
( )
( )
( )
( ) +
+ ( ) ( ) +
+ ( ) ( ) ( )...). (1)
In the electric-dipole approximation, odd tensors
�
( )� 1 , �
( )� 3 , ... are allowed in all media, whereas even
tensors �
( )� 2 , �
( )� 4 , ... are allowed only in noncentro-
symmetric media. For crystals with a spontaneous
or a magnetic-field-induced magnetization M the
optical susceptibility tensors contain crystallogra-
phic (nonmagnetic) contributions and magnetic
contributions:
� � �
( )� � �n m� �cr M . (2)
The intensity of SH and TH signals can be written as
I E M
I E
m( ) | � ( ; , ) � ( ; , , ) | ,
( )
2 2 2 0
3
0
4 2
0
� � � � � � � � �
�
� � � �
�
cr
6 23 3 0| � ( ; , , ) � ( ; , , , ) | ,� � � � � � � � � �cr � � �m M
(3)
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�
S
H
in
te
n
s
it
y
a
rb
.
u
n
it
s
.
�
�
,
,
Fig. 4. SH spectra in the YIG/GGG(111) film for op-
posite orientations of the transverse magnetic field. The
upper and lower panels depict SH spectra for two sides
of the film.
Table
Nonzero components of the nonlinear optical tensors � ijkl
cr and � ijklm
m relevant for the point group 3m m x( )� in the
geometry k z| | (films of (111) type)
�ijkl
cr �ijklm
m
1
3
1
3
yyyy xxxx xxyy yxxy� � � yyyyx yxyyy yxxyx, ,
xxxxx yyyyx yxyyy yxxyx� � � �
1
2
1
2
xxxyy yyyyx yxxyx� �
1
2
1
2
xxyyx yyyyx yxyyy yxxyx� � � �
1
2
1
2
xyyyy yyyyx yxxyx� �
1
2
yxxxy yyyyx yxyyy yxxyx� � �
yxyyz xxxyz xyyyz yxxxz� � � � �
1
3
1
3
where the crystallographic and magnetic contri-
butions are described by polar tensors ��cr and axial
tensors �� m , respectively. The sign � refers to the
opposite projections of the magnetization M. The
symmetry properties of the tensors ��cr and �� m are
strictly defined by the crystallographic point
group. Nonzero components of ��cr and �� m are given
in Ref. 8 for SHG and in Table for THG for the
case of 3m symmetry. If nonlinear optical waves of
crystallographic and magnetic origin are both
present, their interference will lead to different SH
and TH intensities for opposite orientations of the
magnetization and thus to a magnetic contrast
between oppositely magnetized regions.
5. Experimental results and discussion
Figure 4 shows the SH spectra in a YIG/GGG
(111) film for two opposite orientations of the mag-
netization M in transverse geometry. The upper
and lower panels show the results for the two cases
with the SH signal being emitted directly from the
free film surface (film-to-photodetector case) and
from the surface of the film attached to the sub-
strate (film-to-laser case). The two geometries lead
to different SH spectra. In particular, a split transi-
tion near 2.4 eV is well resolved for the free film
surface and smeared out for the more strained sur-
face attached to the substrate. Note that magnetic
contrast varies from 0 to 100%. According to the
energy level diagram in Fig. 1, some features in the
SH spectrum can be assigned to the crystal-field
transitions in the two iron sublattices. Two other
sharp absorption features near 2.57 eV (presumably
due to the 6
1
4 4
1A E A� , transition in the tetra-
hedral sublattice) and 2.66 eV (presumably due to
the 6
1
4 4
1A E A� , transition in the octahedral sub-
lattice) are also observed in the SH spectrum. Two
more spectral features in the absorption spectrum
are observed at 2.9 and 3.2 eV, with oscillator
strengths an order of magnitude higher than those
for the tetrahedral transitions. However, the rele-
vant features in the SH spectrum are of the same
order of magnitude as for the transitions with the
lower optical absorption.
Figure 5 shows the SH spectra of a bismuth-
substituted Bi-YIG/SGGG(210) film. As a rule
bismuth-substituted films show the strongest SH
signals [8]. The present sample was studied in a
spectral range beginning at 1.7 eV and at low tem-
perature T = 6 K. It shows a well-resolved structure
with five strong bands of varying magnetic con-
trast. We note that the spectra for two sides of the
film are different, as it was the case for the
YIG/GGG(111) film. As in the previous case, the
increase of the linear optical absorption does not
lead to a noticeable increase of the SH intensity.
Figure 6 shows the third harmonic spectra in the
three magnetic films. Note that even in the elec-
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Nonlinear optical spectroscopy of epitaxial magnetic garnet films
�
�
�
S
H
in
te
n
s
it
y
,
a
rb
.
u
n
it
s
,
Fig. 5. SH spectra in the Bi-YIG/SGGG(210) film.
T
H
in
te
n
s
it
y
,
a
rb
.
u
n
it
s
T = 293 K YIG/GGG(111)
Bi-YIG/GGG(111)
Bi-YIG/SGGG(210)
TH energy, eV
4.23.83.43.02.6
0
1
2
0
1
2
0
1
2
3
Fig. 6. TH spectra in YIG/GGG(111),
Bi-YIG/GGG(111), and Bi-YIG/SGGG(210) films.
tric-dipole approximation a breaking of space inver-
sion symmetry is not required for the observation of
a TH signal. Although the optical absorption and
the magnitudes of the linear magneto-optical sig-
nals are very different in the three films, their third
harmonic spectra are similar. The tetrahedral tran-
sition 6
1
4
2A T� centered near 2.4 eV is well re-
solved in the TH spectrum, and in particular in the
YIG/GGG(111) film. Note that the strong in-
crease of the linear absorption above 3 eV is not ac-
companied by a similar increase of the TH spectra.
Contrary to the SH spectra, no difference in the
TH spectra is observed within the experimental ac-
curacy upon a reorientation of the magnetization or
upon a variation of the magnetic field. This is sur-
prising, because according to a phenomenological
analysis a magnetic contribution to the THG is al-
lowed both in the longitudinal and transverse ge-
ometries.
In conclusion, the SH spectra of various aniso-
tropic magnetic garnet films were measured in a
range of photon energies stretching from
1.7–3.2 eV and thus, below the fundamental band
gap at � 3.2 eV. The spectra revealed contributions
of nonmagnetic and magnetic type to the total SH
intensity. We also report the TH spectra in the
range of 2.4–4.2 eV and thus, below and above the
band gap. No studies along these lines for the mag-
netic transition-metal oxides have been reported so
far with the only recent exception of third har-
monic spectroscopy of La CuO2 4 [20]. While the
intensity of linear absorption grows progressively
as a function of photon energy, the intensity of the
SH and TH spectra does not show a similar beha-
vior. We may assume that this is due to the fact
that only localized d–d transitions contribute to
the nonlinear spectra, with the relevant contribu-
tion vanishing for charge-transfer and interband
transitions. A very interesting and puzzling result is
the observation of a very large magnetic contribu-
tion to the SH spectra with a magnetic contrast of
up to 100%. By contrast, no magnetic contribution
is found in the TH spectra. All these observations
demonstrate a strong necessity for further experi-
mental and theoretical studies of nonlinear optical
properties of magnetic garnet materials.
6. Acknowledgments
This work was supported by the Deutsche For-
schungsgemeinschaft, the Russian Foundation for
Basic Research, and the Alexander-von-Hum-
boldt-Stiftung. We thank H.-J. Weber for the help
in optical absorption measurements.
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