Growth and properties of garnet films for storage application

A discussion of the growth of garnet films by liquid phase epitaxy without rotation of the substrate is presented for magnetic garnet layers used as materials for bubble [(YSm)
3
(FeGa)
5
O
12
; (YLa)
3
(FeGa)
5
O
12
] and magneto-optical memories [(GdBi)
3
(FeGaAl)
5
O
12
]. The background of the experimental and compositional approach is given.