Yttrium Iron Oxide (YIG) (Y3Fe5O12)-Powder
Product Description
Characteristic
Yttrium iron garnet (YIG) is a kind of synthetic garnet, with chemical composition Y3Fe2(FeO4)3, or Y3Fe5O12. It is a ferrimagnetic material with a Curie temperature of 560 K.
Formula： Y3Fe2(FeO4)3 or Y3Fe5O12
Formula mass： 737.94
Color： Green
Density： 5.11 g/cm3
Application
YIG is used in microwave, acoustic, optical, and magneto-optical applications, e.g. microwave YIG filters, or acoustic transmitters and transducers. It is transparent for light wavelengths over 600 nm. It also finds use in solid-state lasers in Faraday rotators, in data storage, and in various nonlinear optics applications.