Interference of Spin Waves in Arrays of Microwaveguides Based on Yttrium-Iron Garnet Films

Technical Physics - Effects of propagation and interference of spin waves in an eight-port magnonic structure in the form of a 2 × 2 array of microwaveguides based on yttrium-iron garnet films...     

Interaction between large and small signals in a resonant transmission line based on magnetostatic waves

The influence of a large signal on the characteristics of a small signal near the frequency of the former is experimentally studied for the case of their simultaneous propagation through a resonant transmission line based on backward volume magnetostatic waves. The effects observed are caused by the excitation of spin waves in a ferromagnetic film at different large-signal frequencies and by the back influence of excited spin-wave packets on the amplitude and phase characteristics of the small signal.     

Electromagnetic waves reflected from the plate of a magnetic with a ferromagnetic spiral

The spectrum of coupled spin and electromagnetic waves is obtained for a magnetic with a ferromagnetic spiral structure determined by nonuniform exchange and relativistic interactions. It is shown that resonant interaction between spin and electromagnetic waves is possible. The electromagnetic wave reflectance from the plate of a magnetic with a ferromagnetic spiral is calculated for different spiral angles.     

Emission of noise-like spin wave packets in the presence of three-magnon decay processes and the kinetic instability of waves in a ferromagnetic film

The features of spin wave emission from a ferromagnetic film in the direction of the propagation of a surface magnetostatic wave have been experimentally investigated at various input signal powers. Radiation in the form of two noise-like spin wave packets has been detected near the frequency corresponding to half the pump frequency. This radiation is caused by three-magnon processes of the decay of a surface magnetostatic wave and by the kinetic instability of spin waves.     

Theory of ferromagnetic antiresonance in parallel configuration in metals

A solution of Maxwell equations for the propagation of electromagnetic waves in a metallic ferromagnet is presented for the region of ferromagnetic antiresonance; the magnetization vector motion is described by the Landau-Liftshitz equation, the metal sample is in the form of a flat disc statistically magnetized in its surface plane (parallel configuration). The dispersion relations for the three waves of (complex) electromagnetic spin wave origin, the surface impedance and the shifts of antiresonance point due to the damping and electrical conductivity are computed in the analytical form.     

Spectra of exchange dipole electromagnetic-spin waves in asymmetric metal-insulator-ferromagnetic-insulator-metal systems

Spectra of exchange dipole electromagnetic-spin waves in tangentially magnetized asymmetric planar-layer metal-insulator-ferromagnetic-insulator-metal (MIFIM) systems were studied theoretically. It is shown that symmetry breakdown due to a difference in the permittivities of the insulating layers may substantially enhance interaction between the spin and electromagnetic waves. This improves the electrical controllability of the dispersion properties of the spin waves, for example, by varying the permittivity of one of the layers that are in contact with the ferromagnetic film. Optimal geometries of the layer structures that provide the best electrical control are suggested.     

Self-generation of spin-wave envelope soliton trains with different periods

The self-generation of periodic spin-wave envelope soliton trains of microwave spin waves in active rings based on ferromagnetic films is studied experimentally. The trains of bright solitons with different periods are self-generated in the same ring due to the frequency-selective control of the attenuation of spin waves circulating in an active ring.     

Spin-injection terahertz radiation in bilayer epitaxial magnetic planar nanostructures

The generation of electromagnetic THz waves by a current is experimentally investigated in planar structures comprised of two ferromagnetic films. When the films come into contact with a thin copper rod, the current is applied to both layers. The first layer, which plays the role of an injector, polarizes the spins of the current carriers. In the second working layer, the conditions are created for spin population inversion and the generation of THz waves. At a current of 350 mA, the radiation wavelength is 16.4 THz and a power of 10 mW is reached at room temperature.     

Coupled spin, elastic, and electromagnetic waves in the magnetic of a ferromagnetic spiral phase

The spectrum of coupled spin, elastic, and electromagnetic waves in the magnetic of a ferromagnetic spiral phase is investigated. The frequency dependences of the reflection coefficient of electromagnetic waves from the surface of a semi-infinite magnet for different angles of the spiral are obtained. An acoustic analog of the Faraday effect in the magnetics of a ferromagnetic spiral phase is considered.     

Envelope solitons of electromagnetic spin waves in an artificial layered multiferroic

The nonlinear wave properties of an artificial multiferroic medium consisting of a ferroelectric layer and a ferromagnetic layer have been studied. The simultaneous effect of wave nonlinearities of both layers on the formation and propagation of envelope solitons has been analyzed. It has been shown that bright envelope solitons of electromagnetic spin waves can appear in such a medium owing to the wave nonlinearity of ferroelectric layer. In order to confirm the theoretical results, the coefficients of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation have been calculated and this equation has been solved numerically.     

Observation of the modulation instability and spin wave solitons in ferromagnetic films under the conditions of coexistence of four-wave and three-wave parametric processes

Nonlinear phenomena that arise during the propagation of spin waves in thin ferromagnetic films under conditions of the simultaneous existence of three-wave and four-wave parametric processes have been investigated. Investigations have been performed for single-frequency and double-frequency regimes of excitation of intense spin waves. The spontaneous modulation instability of the monochromatic running spin wave has been revealed for the first time at frequencies at which three-wave decay processes are allowed. The pronounced generation of a periodic sequence of bright spin wave solitons has been observed under excitation of two monochromatic spin waves at the same frequencies.     

Ferromagnetic films with magnon bandgap periodic structures: Magnon crystals

A new type of photonic crystals is proposed. The new crystals have a forbidden gap in the microwave spectrum of magnetostatic spin waves, and, by analogy with photonic crystals, they are called magnon crystals. Specimens of such crystals were fabricated on the basis of yttrium iron garnet films. The surfaces of ferromagnetic films containing two-dimensional etched hole structures were studied by atomic force and magnetic force mag-netometry. The propagation of spin waves through the magnon crystals was investigated.     

Domain-wall induced phase shifts in spin waves

We study the interaction between two important features of ferromagnetic nanoparticles: magnetic domain walls and spin waves. Micromagnetic simulations reveal that magnetostatic spin waves change their phase as they pass through domain walls. Similar to an Aharonov-Bohm experiment, we suggest to probe this effect by splitting the waves on different branches of a ring. The interference of merging waves depends on the domain walls in the branches. A controlled manipulation of spin-wave phases could be the first step towards nanoscaled ferromagnetic devices performing logical operations based on spin-wave propagation.     

Specific Features in the Spectrum of Nonlinear Magnetoelastic Waves Propagating in a (111) Plate with Combined Anisotropy

Nonlinear magnetoelastic waves with stationary profiles propagating in a cubic ferromagnetic with [111] uniaxial induced anisotropy are investigated theoretically. It is demonstrated that a new type of nonlinear waves engendered by the resonant motion of the 60-degree domain wall propagates along the [111] axis without magnetization escape from the plane of spin rotation. Some other cases of nonlinear magnetoelastic wave propagation in the examined magnetic are also studied.     

Spin waves in static non-periodic magnetic structures

We have studied the propagation of spin waves in a number of static non-periodic magnetic structures. We have established that (1) a ferromagnetic spin wave can ride over a domain wall with little reflection if its wavelength is less than twice the thickness of the wall; (2) in a ferromagnet with a set of parallel but irregularly spaced domain walls the spin wave linewidth is determined by the product of the scattering strength of the walls and the degree of randomness of the wall spacings; and (3) spin waves of rather narrow linewidths can exist in continuously varying irregular spin structures.     

Magnetostatic spin waves in two-dimensional periodic structures (magnetophoton crystals)

Series of experiments are carried out to study the propagation of magnetostatic spin waves in ferromagnetic films containing 2D periodic structures formed by etched apertures. For spin waves, such films are analogous to photon crystals (namely, magnetophoton or magnon crystals). The spectra of waves transmitted through the structure display features associated with a change in the spin homogeneity due to etching or radiation loss, as well as with Bragg reflection effect or the emergence of forbidden gaps in the spectrum of propagating waves.     

Spin Wave Spectra in a Ferromagnetic/Non-magnetic Superlatt ice with Antiparallel Magnetization

The transfer-matrix method is employed to investigate the spin waves in a ferromagnetic/non-magnetic superlat tice with an antiferromagnetic coupling between interfacial ferromagnetic layers across a non-magnetic spacer layers and the an tiparaUel magnetizations between neighboring ferromagnetic films. The dispersion relation of the spin waves is obtained. The effects of the thickness of the magnetic layers, the antiferromagnetic coupling strength and concentration of magnetic atoms at the interface on the spin wave spectra are discussed in detail.     

Self-localized nonlinear surface magnetic polaritons in a ferromagnetic medium

The properties of electromagnetic waves propagating in a semibounded, nonlinear, ferromagnetic medium are investigated. It is shown that under certain conditions the interaction between the spin and electromagnetic waves results in the localization of volume polaritons near the surface. Self-localization of surface polaritons due to the nonlinear properties of the medium occurs thereby. The nonlinear Schrödinger equation for nonlinear surface and volume polaritons is derived, and the conditions under which solitons of these waves exist are determined. The wave intensity required to observe the predicted effects is estimated.     

Nonlinear Spin Wave Effects in the System of Lateral Magnonic Structures

The spin-wave dynamics in the system of lateral magnetic microstructures have been studied experimentally and numerically. Regimes of the propagation of coupled spin waves have been investigated by Brillouin spectroscopy measurement and numerical experiment. A phenomenological model has been proposed to describe the properties of spin waves in a lateral structure. It has been shown that the length of the coupling between spin waves can be governed by varying the power of the signal. The results can be used to fabricate magnetic waveguides of spin-wave demultiplexers, power splitters, and microwave couplers based on the lateral system.     

Observation of spin-wave envelope Dark solitons in ferromagnetic films

Microwave spin-wave envelope dark solitons were experimentally observed for the first time. Dark solitons with zero minimum amplitude were generated by two-frequency excitation of input spin waves with a fixed amplitude. Nonlinear interaction between these two traveling waves gave rise to periodic sequences of dark solitons in a ferromagnetic film.