Formation of envelope solitons of spin-wave packets propagating in thin-film magnon crystals

The formation of light envelope solitons has been experimentally observed under the pulsed excitation and propagation of radio-frequency spin-wave packets in a magnon crystal, a periodic magnetic film structure. The magnon crystal has been fabricated from a thin single-crystal yttrium iron garnet (YIG) film. The envelope solitons have been excited at frequencies corresponding to the edges of the Bragg-resonance-induced band gaps of the spin-wave spectrum of the magnon crystal. A theoretical explanation of the observed phenomenon has been proposed with the use of the numerical simulation of the formation of solitons based on the nonlinear Schrödinger equation.     

Spin-wave resonance spectra of films with a uniform gradient of anisotropy field

It has been shown that the number of high-intensity spin-wave modes in the spin-wave resonance spectrum of films with a uniform gradient of the effective anisotropy field depends on the thickness of the film and on the exchange stiffness. It has been established that there is a “critical” thickness of the film which depends on the exchange stiffness and the anisotropy field gradient. When the thickness of the film is less than the “critical” value, only one high-intensity mode is excited in the resonance absorption spectrum.     

Regularities in penetration of electromagnetic waves through metallic magnetic films

Penetration of millimeter electromagnetic waves through permalloy films under magnetic resonance conditions is studied experimentally and theoretically. Measurements are taken on film samples from 40 to 200 nm in thickness in a frequency range from 26 to 38 GHz. Magnetic resonance, antiresonance, and spin-wave resonance are observed. The resonance spectrum is reconstructed. The Gilbert damping constant is determined for a series of films. It is shown that the damping constant decreases upon an increase in the film thickness. The resonance line profile is calculated, and the dependences of resonance line amplitude and width on experimental conditions and material parameters of the film are determined.     

Formation of guided spin-wave bullets in ferrimagnetic film stripes

The formation of quasi-2D nonlinear spin-wave eigenmodes in longitudinally magnetized stripes of a ferrimagnetic film, the so-called guided spin-wave bullets, was experimentally observed by using time- and space-resolved Brillouin light scattering spectroscopy and confirmed by numerical simulation. They represent stable spin-wave packets propagating along a waveguide structure, for which both transversal instability and interaction with the side edges of the waveguide are important. The experiments and the numerical simulation of the evolution of the spin-wave excitations show that the shape of the formed packets and their behavior are strongly influenced by the confinement conditions. The discovery of these modes demonstrates the existence of quasistable nonlinear solutions in the transition regime between one-dimensional and two-dimensional wave packet propagation.     

Micromagnetic Modeling of Spin-Wave Excitations in Corrugated YIG Films

Physics of the Solid State - In this paper, we study the features of the spin-wave excitation spectrum in a YIG film with a thickness of 0.4 μm and a magnetization of 1.1 kG corrugated due to...     

磁性薄膜自旋波共振谱的研究

在Fe-Ni多晶薄膜和YIG单晶薄膜上观测到线性自旋波共振谱。发现薄膜的自旋波谱中奇偶次模一般都是同时被激发的,它们的强度分别按不同的包络线变化。进一步的研究表明,这些奇偶次模的位置和相对强度明显地随膜的制备过程和热处理而变化。所有这些实验研究的结果都可以利用表面-体不均匀(S-Ⅵ)模型和非对称体不均匀(AⅥ)模型很好地解释。本文同时还给出了自旋波共振谱的测量装置及有关的测量方法。 关键词：     

The magnetic properties of the two-dimensional square lattice mixed-spin anisotropic Heisenberg ferromagnet with a transverse magnetic field

The two-dimensional square lattice mixed-spin anisotropic Heisenberg ferromagnet with a transverse magnetic field is studied by means of the double-time Green's function. The analytic expressions of the critical temperature, the high-temperature zero-field susceptibilities, the spin-wave velocity, spin-wave stiffness and spin-wave gap are obtained. The phase diagrams in which the critical temperature, the reorientation temperature and the reorientation magnetic field are shown as a function of single-ion anisotropic parameter are discussed.     

Spin-wave resonances in a nonuniform bilayer iron-garnet film

Magnetic resonances are investigated in bilayer Bi-substituted iron garnet films, one layer of which possesses easy-axis and the other easy-plane anisotropy. The behavior of resonances as a function of film thickness, temperature, and annealing is studied. It is shown experimentally that the resonance absorption lines observed in such a nonuniform structure in an external magnetic field oriented perpendicular to the film plane correspond to ferromagnetic (FMR) and spin-wave (SWR) resonances. In addition, the SWR series is excited in the most nonuniform part of the film. A qualitative model explaining the experimental data and making it possible to obtain experimentally the profile of the effective-magnetic-anisotropy field throughout the thickness of the film is proposed. Fiz. Tverd. Tela (St. Petersburg) 41, 1452–1455 (August 1999)     

Observation of spin-wave envelope solitons in periodic magnetic film structures

The formation and propagation of light and dark microwave spin-wave envelope solitons in a periodic magnetic film structure have been observed. The periodic structure was manufactured on the basis of the single-crystal film of iron-yttrium garnet and a lattice of copper strips placed on the surface of the film perpendicularly to the propagation direction of carrying spin waves. The solitons are generated at frequencies corresponding to the band gap in the spectrum of the spin waves of the periodic structure, which is due to the first Bragg resonance.     

Interaction of macroparticles localized in Wigner–Seitz cells of various types of cubic lattices in an equilibrium plasma

The factors affecting the slope of the dispersion curve of the spin-wave resonance spectrum in multilayer films are determined. It is shown that an increase in the slope of the curve for the transverse orientation of the constant magnetic field relative to the film upon an increase in frequency is due to enhancement of dynamic as well as dissipative mechanisms of spin pinning. It is found that an increase in the damping parameter increases the degree of spin pinning in the case when the pinning layer is a reactive medium for spin oscillations and can decrease the degree of pinning when it is a dispersive medium. The conditions ensuring a higher degree of accuracy in determining the exchange interaction constant from the spin-wave resonance spectrum in multilayer films are determined.     

Analysis of the boundary problem of SSWR in asymmetric isotropic insulator films

The influence of various combinations of the uniaxial surface anisotropy constantsK _s1 andK _s2 on the angular dependence of the standing spin-wave resonance (SSWR) spectrum is studied for an isotropic insulator film with asymmetrically pinned spins. It is shown that the (K _s1,K _s2)-plane can be divided into zones in which the angular dependence of the SSWR spectrum has different characteristic features. These features are studied in detail.Dedicated to Academician Vladimír Hajko on the occasion of his 65th birthday.     

Radiation of caustic beams from a collapsing bullet

We show both theoretically and experimentally that a collapsing (2+1)-dimensional wave packet in a medium with cubic nonlinearity and a two-dimensional dispersion of an order higher than parabolic irradiates untrapped dispersive waves. The studies are performed for a spin-wave bullet propagating in an in-plane magnetized ferrimagnetic film. An induced uniaxial anisotropy in such a medium leads to the formation of narrow spin-wave caustic beams whose angles to the bullet's propagation direction are modified by the motion of the source.     

Observation of spin-wave soliton fractals in magnetic film active feedback rings

The manifestation of fractals in soliton dynamics has been observed for the first time. The experiment utilized self-generated spin-wave envelope solitons in a magnetic film based active feedback ring. At high ring gain, the soliton that circulates in the ring breathes in a fractal pattern. The corresponding power frequency spectrum shows a comb structure, with each peak in the comb having its own comb, and so on, to finer and finer scales.     

Spin-wave resonance in a tangentially magnetized thin film

The imaginary part of the magnetic susceptibility determining the position, amplitude, and width of damped bulk and surface spin-wave eigenmodes in the spin system of a thin film magnetized in the film plane along the uniaxial bulk and surface anisotropy axis is analyzed numerically for various values of the degree of surface spin pinning. The presence of damping and the finiteness and asymmetry of the degree of surface spin pinning are shown to cause significant changes in the spin-wave resonance spectrum.     

Effect of magnetization of the rare earth sublattice on the domain structure of a two-layer ferrite-garnet film

The temperature behavior of the domain structure in a two-layer ferrite-garnet film with one of the layers having a compensation point T _c , as well as in single-layer witness films, has been experimentally investigated. It is shown that the rare earth sublattice affects phase transitions in the domain structure of a two-layer film. The phase transitions observed were explained in terms of the concept of magnetostatic pressure in the domain structure.     

Effect of surface on phase modulation of light in a nematic layer

The nanorelief of orienting surfaces in a nematic layer is studied experimentally. The initial inclination angle of the director and the phase retardation of light in the crystal are determined, and the director reorientation dynamics in the crystal under SB deformation in an electric field is analyzed. It is shown that a thin layer of amorphous hydrogenated carbon (a-C: H) deposited on a GeO monoxide layer with an anisotropic nanorelief produced by the inclined deposition method smoothens the surface topography without changing the surface structure. Modification of the structure and physicochemical properties of the GeO surface alters the conditions of the anisotropic-elastic interaction at the interface with the liquid crystal, as evidenced by an increase in the S-effect threshold and a decrease in the initial inclination of the director from 22° (on the GeO surface) to 0–6°. Strong influence of the surface nanostructure on the dynamics of the director reorientation in the electric field and on the phase modulation of light is experimentally demonstrated. It is shown that the phase retardation of light in the GeO layer covered by an a-C: H film is twice as large as in the layer of the same thickness with a virgin surface.     

Observation of self-modulation spin-wave instability in a one-dimensional magnonic crystal

The emergence of the self-modulation instability of monochromatic microwave spin waves excited in a periodic magnetic film structure, a magnonic crystal, has been observed. The magnonic crystal was fabricated by chemically etching the surface a single-crystal yttrium-iron garnet film. The self-modulation instability has been observed at the frequencies corresponding to the band gaps of the spin-wave spectrum of the magnonic crystal caused by Bragg resonances. Above a certain threshold value of the input microwave signal, the time profile of the output pulses corresponds to envelope solitons.     

Anisotropy of the spin-wave resonance spectrum in the case of a dissipative mechanism of spin pinning

Mechanisms leading to anisotropy of dispersion curves of the spin-wave resonance spectrum in magnetic multilayer films are investigated experimentally and theoretically. One of the reasons for the considerable increase in the dispersion-curve slope for the static magnetic field directions intermediate between the parallel and normal ones in relation to the film plane is shown to be connected to the alteration of the equilibrium orientation of magnetization. This factor (in addition to the dominant dissipative mechanism of the spin pinning and to the reactive or dispersive properties of a layer with strong damping) is established to affect the wavenumbers of standing spin waves and cause a difference between the dispersion curves for normal and parallel orientations of the dc magnetic field.     

有限铁磁—反铁磁线链中的自旋波谱及其激发

本文研究了由交换作用耦合起来的有限长铁磁和反铁磁链组成的自旋系统。计算了系统的自旋波的波谱及其在微波场中的激发强度。在所得结果的基础上,讨论了具有反铁磁氧化层的铁磁薄膜的自旋波共振。阐明了等效地使用唯象普遍边界条件的可能性。根据理论,对等效的表面各向异性能作了估计,得到的数值与实验值很好地符合。     

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.