Magnetic properties of epitaxial bismuth ferrite-garnet mono- and bilayers

Magnetic properties of Bi1.5Gd1.5Fe4.5Al0.5O12 (84nm) and Bi2.8Y0.2Fe5O12 (180nm) films epitaxially grown on gallium-gadolinium garnet (GGG) single crystal (111) substrate as well as Bi1.5Gd1.5Fe4.5Al0.5O12/Bi2.8Y0.2Fe5O12 bilayer were investigated using ferromagnetic resonance technique. The mismatch of the lattice parameters of substrate and magnetic layers leads to formation of adaptive layers which affect on the high order anisotropy constant of the films but practically do not affect on uniaxial perpendicular magnetic anisotropy The magnetic properties of the bilayer film were explained in supposition of strong exchange coupling between magnetic layers taking into account film-film and film-substrate elastic interaction. [Display omitted] •Magnetic parameters of epitaxial Bi-YIG films and bilayers on GGG substrate.•Adaptive layers affect on high order magnetic anisotropy.•Magnetic properties of bilayers are result of strong exchange interaction.