“…In a typical procedure, ammonia aqueous solution (pH 11) was ground at a flask for 5 min, and then a mixture solution of bismuth nitrate, iron nitrate and yttrium nitrate in an adequate proportion was added dropwise under vigorous stirring at room temperature, at the same time, some more ammonia aqueous solution was added to keep the pH constant during the coprecipitation. The product was washed with deionized water and absolute alcohol, and dried in an oven at 100 • C for 3 h. To obtain the oxides mixture (OM) of Bi2O3, Y2O3 and Fe2O3 with a certain ratio, the above-prepared Bi-YIG precursors were heated in a muffle furnace at 510 • C for 1.5 h (the heating temperature we chose was according to the thermal analysis in our early study [23]). …”