Magnetic susceptibility and magnetization fluctuation measurements of mixed Gadolinium-Yttrium Iron Garnets

Abstract

We study the magnetic properties of Gadolinium-Yttrium Iron Garnet ($\text{Gd}_{x}\text{Y}_{3-x}\text{Fe}_5\text{0}_{12}$, $x=3,1.8$) ferrite ceramics. The complex initial permeability is measured in the temperature range 2 K to 295 K at frequency of 1 kHz, and in the frequency range 100 Hz to 200 MHz at temperatures 4 K, 77 K, and 295 K. The magnetic viscosity-induced imaginary part of the permeability is observed at low frequencies. Measurements of the magnetization noise are made at 4 K. Using the fluctuation-dissipation theorem, we find that the observed magnetization fluctuations are consistent with our measurements of the low-frequency imaginary part of permeability. We discuss some implications for proposed precision measurements as well as other possible applications.