Polycrystalline Dy1.6Bi1.4Fe(5-x)GaxO12 and Gd2BiFe(5-x)GaxO12 garnet
thin films have been deposited on glass substrates by metallo-organic
decomposition. The advantages of this process include low cost and acc
urate control of composition. The crystalline garnet phase was ascerta
ined by x-ray diffractometry and the by x-ray flourescence. The magnet
o-optic properties were characterized using a magneto-optic loop trace
r.