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Presents a study that compared the experimental and theoretical results of growth-induced uniaxial anisotropy of bismuth-substituted iron-garnet films. Background on uniaxial anisotropy; Characterization of the garnet material; Correlation between the temperature and growth-induced anisotropy constant.

Presents information on a study which investigated the saturation magnetization, growth-induced uniaxial anisotropy constant and Faraday rotation of epitaxial iron-garnet films of composition Europium[sub3-x]Lutetium[subx]Iron[sub5]x[sub12] with χ < 1.3. Measurement of saturation and magnetization of iron-garnet films; Results and discussion; Conclusions.

Reports on the magnetoelastic and optoelastic coupling in (111)- and (110)-oriented bismuth-iron garnet films prepared by sputter epitaxy. Epitaxial structure of the films; Structural quality of (110)-oriented films and that of (111)-oriented films; Film growth by sputter epitaxy.

Presents a study which investigated the magnetic and magneto-optic properties of praseodymium- and bismuth-substituted yttrium iron garnet films. Information on garnet material characterization; Details of saturation magnetization; Discussion on growth-induced anisotropy.

Presents a study that prepared amorphous rare-earth transition-metal alloys of composition RE[sub1-x]TM[subx] with RE = Dy, Ho; TM = Fe,Co and Dy[sub1-x](Fe,Co)[subx] by evaporation. Spectral variation of the Kerr rotation; Comparison of the temperature variation of the magnetization yielding smaller T< spin values and exchange coupling constants with those of the gadolinium and terbium analogs; Magnetic and magneto-optical properties of some Dy-FeCo alloys.

Presents a study which investigated the thermomagnetic switching behavior of magneto-optic disks with amorphous TbFeCo and GdTbFe films. Film preparation and experimental procedures; Theory; Results and discussion.

Discusses the preparation of binary and ternary amorphous rare-earth transition-metal alloys of general composition by evaporation. Investigation of the saturation magnetization, uniaxial anisotropy and Faraday rotation; Description of the compositional variation of the spin value; Details on the anisotropy data.