Nguyen Phuc Duong, Dao Thi Thuy Nguyet, Nguyen Thi Nguyen, Tran Thi Viet Nga, Luong Ngoc Anh, Le Tuan Tu

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Abstract

The yttrium iron garnet (YIG) material doped with molybdenum (Mo⁵⁺) with the composition Y3Fe4.96Mo0.04O12 (x = 0.04) was synthesized using a sol-gel method combined with thermal treatment. The resulting powder had a single-phase structure, high crystallinity, and a uniform microstructure. Morphological, structural, and electrical characteristics of the material were investigated using XRD, SEM, FTIR, and IV measurements. A bolometer device was fabricated by depositing the YIG sensing layer onto an interdigitated Pt electrode array. Photo-current, responsivity (Ri), noise equivalent power (NEP), and specific detectivity (D*) measurements were performed in the ultraviolet–visible–near-infrared (UV–VIS–NIR, 281–1010 nm) range. The x = 0.04 sample yielded an activation energy of 0.32 eV, a TCR of 3.9 %K⁻¹, a photo-current of ~106 µA, and a responsivity of 848 mA/W. The NEP and D* values were suitable for a sensor operating at room temperature without the need for cooling. The results were compared with other doped YIG samples such as Y3Fe4.9Ni0.08O12 and Y3Fe4.9Mo0.1O12, which showed that the x = 0.04 sample achieved an optimal balance between thermal sensitivity and electrical insulation, promising for bolometer applications in a wide spectral range.

Keywords: Yttrium Iron Garnet (YIG), Mo⁵⁺ doping, Bolometric response, Near-infrared detection, Photothermal sensitivity.

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