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A research team has developed a new magneto-optical material—a nanocomposite magnetic garnet film—that can be deposited directly onto silicon substrates.
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Tohoku University (Japan) - inferred
Who
Tohoku University and Kyocera Corp.
What
A research team has developed a new magneto-optical material—a nanocomposite magnetic garnet film—that can be deposited directly onto silicon substrates.
When
Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:00:01 GMT · 3h 31m ago
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Tohoku University (Japan) - inferred ·
Why
This material can deliver a magneto-optical figure of merit four times higher than conventional polycrystalline films.
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This breakthrough addresses a long-standing obstacle in silicon photonics and co-packaged optics (CPO) development, enabling simpler, high-performance integrated optical isolators for AI-era data centers globally, reducing electricity consumption.
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3 events in this thread- Health & Science3h 31m agoA research team from Tohoku University and Kyocera Corp. has developed a new magneto-optical material—a nanocomposite magnetic garnet film—that can be deposited directly onto silicon substrates while delivering a magneto-optical figure of merit four times higher than conventional polycrystalline films.Open article
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