What is it about?
A thin film of spinel ferrite is irradiated by the laser beam of a photolitographic machine. The laser spot modifies the irradiated regions in such a manner that bumps or holes appears. The crystallisation and the oxidation states are also modified in the irradiated regions.
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Why is it important?
A way to prepare magnonic or magneto-photonic crystals.
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This page is a summary of: Patterned ferrimagnetic thin films of spinel ferrites obtained directly by laser irradiation, Applied Surface Science, October 2013, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2013.05.160.
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Cation migration and coercivity in mixed copper–cobalt spinel ferrite powders
Mixed cobalt copper ferrites in the form of acicular powders. Study of the cationic migrations from coercive force measurmenets.
Cation-Deficient Spinel Ferrites: Application for High-Density Write-Once Optical Recording
Thin films of defect spinel ferrites can be used as write-once read-many media working with blue wavelengths. In fact, because these non-stoichiometric ferrites are metastable, they can be transformed into corundum phases at moderate temperatures by a laser spot. The transformed regions have different optical indices from the starting ferrite film, making the readout process possible. Recording density of about 5 bits/µm2 was demonstrated.
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