Y. Okamura et S. Yahamoto, Stripe-patterned garnet films on substrates with ion-beam-bombarded micropatterns, JPN J A P 2, 39(12B), 2000, pp. L1294-L1296
We report the selected-area epitaxy (SAE) of rare-earth iron garnet crystal
line and amorphous straight ridge patterns with 8 mum width deposited on Gd
3Ga5O12 substrates. The samples were fabricated by a sputter cpitaxial meth
od on substrates that were partially etched by ion-beam bombardment. We fou
nd that the stripe pattern direction significantly affects the crystallogra
phic formation of the side wall of the grown ridge.