Thin film magneto‐optical (MO) materials are enablers for integrated nonreciprocal photonic
devices such as isolators and circulators. Films of polycrystalline bismuth‐substituted yttrium …

Faraday and Kerr rotations are magnetooptical (MO) effects used for rotating the polarization
of light in transmission and reflection from a magnetized medium, respectively. MO effects …

Films of polycrystalline terbium iron garnet (TbIG), cerium‐substituted TbIG (CeTbIG), and
bismuth‐substituted TbIG (BiTbIG) are grown on Si substrates by pulsed laser deposition …

Photonics has been one of the primary beneficiaries of advanced silicon manufacturing. By
leveraging mature complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) process nodes …

On-chip integration of nonreciprocal photonic devices is considered a “fundamental
challenge” and the “missing link” for silicon photonics. Hybrid integration of magneto-optical …

This paper is aimed at investigating the process of photocrosslinking under Deep-UV
irradiation of nanocomposite thin films doped with cobalt ferrite magnetic nanoparticles …

Reciprocity is a fundamental physical principle that applies to a variety of technological
fields such as mechanics, acoustics, electronics, and photonics. For photonic systems …

We report the local crystallization of Y_3Fe_5O_12 (YIG) thin films grown on Si substrates,
and SOI waveguides by CO_2 laser annealing (LA). The effect of laser power and oxygen …

In pursuit of beyond CMOS computing, this thesis aims to provide material solutions for both
photonic interconnects and ultra-fast spintronic memory. Iron garnet thin films are uniquely …

We report on the development of several different thin-film functional material systems
prepared by radio frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering at Edith Cowan University …