Dispersion of magnetostatic surface waves in ferrite-htsc structures near the phase transition

We present a detailed study of the dispersion properties of surface magnetostatic waves in layered structures of ferrite and high temperature superconductor (HTSC) layers. We solve the propagation problem for the surface magnetostatic waves under a quasistatic approximation, and obtain the dispersion relation. We present an analysis of this dispersion near the phase transition temperature in the HTSC layer. The calculations show that when the HTSC material transforms to the superconducting state the dispersion properties of the magnetostatic waves changes suddenly: the damping decreases by 4–10 dB and the phase velocity increases by a factor of 2–4. These results support experiments which have been performed, in which surface magnetostatic waves have been studied in a YIG film with gallium impurities and a YBaCuO film on a lithium niobate substrate.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 3, pp. 50–55, March, 1995.     

Soliton regimes of surface magnetostatic wave propagation in a magnet-semiconductor structure

The nonlinear properties of exchange-free surface magnetostatic spin waves in a layered structure containing films of a ferromagnet and a semiconductor are investigated theoretically. The stability of nonlinear surface magnetostatic waves relative to longitudinal disturbances is investigated using the envelope evolution equation in the weak-nonlinearity approximation. It is shown that, under certain conditions, a surface spin-wave pulse propagates in the form of an envelope soliton. Calculations are performed for the case of an yttrium iron-garnet-indium antimonide structure. Fiz. Tverd. Tela (St. Petersburg) 41, 1272–1275 (July 1999)     

Propagation of surface magnetostatic waves in a one-dimensional magnon crystal of a variable thickness

The propagation of surface magnetostatic waves in a ferromagnetic film of variable thickness having a planar periodic structure in the form of a grating of etched parallel strips (one-dimensional magnon crystal) has been investigated. The dispersion characteristics of surface magnetostatic waves have been calculated using the Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin method. The intrinsic error of the method has been estimated, and the magnon spectrum of the surface magnetostatic wave has been studied. An analysis of the dispersion characteristics and the transmission capacity of these structures has demonstrated that they can be used for designing narrow-band and comb filters.     

Local probing of magnetic films by optical excitation of magnetostatic waves

Excitation of volume and surface magnetostatic spin waves in ferrite garnet films by circularly polarized laser pulses utilizing to the inverse magnetooptical Faraday effect has been studied experimentally. The region of excitation of the magnetostatic spin waves is determined by the diameter of the laser beam (～10 μm). At the same time, the characteristic propagation length of the modes is 30 μm. A method of finding the local characteristics of a magnetic film, in particular, the cubic and uniaxial anisotropy constants, based on the analysis of the azimuthal-angle dependence of the spectrum of the magnetostatic spin waves has been proposed.     

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.     

Effects of metal and “magnetic wall” on the dispersion characteristic of magnetostatic waves

The dispersion relation of magnetostatic waves tangentially magnetized to saturation ferrite film, with a “magnetic wall” condition (tangential component of microwave magnetic field is equal to zero) on one of the film surface and with a metal condition on the opposite surface is analyzed. The dispersion characteristics show that unidirectional magnetostatic waves appear in this structure: they can transfer energy in one direction only and fundamentally cannot transfer energy in the opposite direction. The dispersion-free propagation of magnetostatic waves also is possible in the structure in a wide frequency interval.     

Propagation of magnetostatic waves in the form of rectangular pulses in YIG films

The effect of dispersion on the propagation of linear rectangular pulses of magnetostatic waves in YIG films is studied. With surface magnetostatic waves propagating in YIG films and composite ferrite-insulator-metal structures, it is demonstrated that, for the near-rectangular phase-unmodulated input pulse and the distance between input and output transducers equal roughly to half the dispersion length of the pulse, the FWHM of the output pulses is 50–60% of the initial value. This fact can be used for estimating the dispersion coefficient of magnetostatic waves.     

线性电介质和中心对称光折变晶体界面表面波的研究

报道了中心对称光折变晶体与线性电介质界面表面波的形成及能量变化. 通过调节传播常数和波导参数的方法,可以得到非局域、振荡、局域三种类型的表面波. 波导参数和传播常数之差大于阈值时,线性电介质和中心对称光折变晶体界面可以形成局域表面波. 波导参数为正值时,局域表面波主要聚集在中心对称光折变晶体内,随着传播常数的增大,波能量随之单调递增,表面波可以稳定传播. 在给定的条件下,调节决定非线性作用强度的可变参量可以控制局域表面波模的阶数和传播波形. 关键词： 非线性光学 中心对称光折变晶体 表面波     

Radiophysics

The propagation of magnetostatic waves in a ferromagnetic waveguide created by a step bias field is studied by numerical methods. Bias field configurations and frequencies are taken such that the width of the magnetic waveguide accommodates either only bulk waves or surface and bulk waves in combination. This work is an extension of earlier works, in which the propagation of surface waveguide modes was considered.     

Magnetostatic interface waves in ferromagnets

We derive the dispersion relation for magnetostatic surface waves guided by the interface between two ferromagnets. The applied field and saturation magnetization are parallel to the interface. The propagation of surface waves parallel to the interface is nonreciprocal and is limited to a restricted set of directions. An analytical expression is found for the critical angle, beyond which propagation is not allowed.     

Wideband chaotic oscillation in a self-oscillatory system with a nonlinear transmission line on magnetostatic waves

Wideband chaotic microwave oscillation in a ring self-oscillatory system is studied. The system includes a solid-state power amplifier and a wideband nonlinear transmission line with a ferromagnetic film in which magnetostatic waves of different types are excited. It is found that the eigenmodes of the self-oscillatory system excited in the passband of the transmission line on magnetostatic waves become noisy because of spin wave parametric excitation due to the magnetostatic wave and nonlinearity of the power amplifier. A continuous spectrum of modes observed in the wideband chaotic signal is associated with the presence of a descending portion in the dynamic characteristic of the nonlinear transmission line, which arises when a magnetostatic surface wave is excited.     

Propagation of magnetostatic backward surface waves in ferrite-insulator-metal structures magnetized by linearly nonuniform magnetic fields

A theoretical study is made of the trajectories and of the changes in magnitude and direction of the wave vectors of magnetostatic backward surface waves with different frequencies propagating in ferrite-insulator-metal structures with different insulating layer thicknesses and magnetized by a linearly nonuniform static field. It is shown that both forward and backward magnetostatic surface waves (MSSWs) propagate in a waveguide channel, on one side of which MSSWs undergo mirror reflection and on the other side of which their propagation direction is rotated, independently of the thickness of the insulator in the structure. It is shown that when MSSWs propagate in a nonuniform field, the forward wave is converted into a backward wave and, under certain conditions, the backward wave is converted into a forward wave. Some features of the propagation characteristics of magnetostatic backward surface waves are determined. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 69, 70–77 (February 1999)     

非线性静磁表面波的传播特性

将文献[4]的理论结果加以推广,用微扰理论导出了微波场作用下铁磁材料的动态非线性磁化强度的各阶近似表达式。严格分析了在波矢k与外偏置磁场H₀成任意角度时非线性静磁表面波的传播特性。证明了静磁表面波在任何传播方向上都不能演化为静磁孤子。 关键词：     

Surface optical waves at the boundary with a nonlinear Kerr medium

A rigorous solution consistent with a plane wave approximation is given to the boundary problem for Maxwell’s equations for surface optical waves at the boundary with a nonlinear Kerr medium. Exact formulas for the flux intensity (J ₀) and energy density (W ₀) of these waves are derived depending on the parameters of the adjacent media and the propagation constant (ξ). It is shown that these variables as functions of ξ have minima. Thus, J ₀ and W ₀ increase sharply as the propagation constant deviates from the minimum value ξ_min. Their values are greater, the larger the difference between the dielectric constants of the linear and nonlinear media is. An expression for the propagation velocity of a nonlinear surface wave is also obtained.     

Spatial–frequency selection of magnetostatic waves in a two-dimensional magnonic crystal lattice

Features of the propagation of magnetostatic waves in a tangentially magnetized magnonic crystal structure based on iron–yttrium garnet with a two-dimensional array of grooves on the surface are studied. Numerical simulation is performed by the finite element method and the dispersion characteristics and the spatial distribution of fields of eigenmodes of surface magnetostatic waves propagating in this structure are calculated. The characteristics of waves in the magnonic crystal structure are experimentally studied by means of Brillouin scattering. It is shown that the formation of waveguide channels is possible when the frequency of the input signal is close to the frequency of the band gap of the structure.     

Propagation of nonlinear pulses of magnetostatic waves in coupled magnonic crystals

A periodic structure in the form of two coupled magnonic crystals in which the coupling allows effective control of nonlinear effects during propagation of magnetostatic waves is examined. The main specific features of the nonlinear effects are revealed in comparison with the periodic structure in the form of one magnonic crystal. The ability of the nonlinear coupler to suppress high- or lower-power signals for the functional processing of microwave-frequency signals is demonstrated.     

TM Nonlinear electromagnetic waves guided by an inhomogeneous medium

Analytical dispersion relations and the power flow expression for TM (polarized) nonlinear electromagnetic surface waves propagating along the interface of an inhomogeneous and dielectric nonlinear media have been investigated theoretically. An inhomogeneous dielectric cover has the dielectric permittivity=a+bz, which is contacted with a strongly nonlinear Kerr like layer. The existence conditions for these waves to be propagated are studied. These waves have no counterpart in the linear isotropic regime. The power flow versus the wave index, and the consequence interface nonlinearity might be evaluated for a variety of inhomogeneity parameters, which are found to be inhomogeneity dependent, and could lead to optical hysterisis and bistability.On leave from: Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, UMIST, P.O. Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, U.K.     

Field of 2D viscous waves from the surface of a vibrating cylinder

The problem of determining the nonstationary nonlinear velocity field of a viscous incompressible liquid excited by the surface of tangentially vibrating cylinder has been solved numerically in the 2D approximation. It has been shown that the vibrating solid surface generates 2D viscous waves and a displacement flow. The trajectories of propagation of viscous waves and their velocities have been determined. The interaction of a viscous wave with the displacement flow has been analyzed in the first approximation; as a result of this interaction, the velocity field can not only be suppressed with increasing distance from the surface, but also enhanced.     

Experimental investigation of the wave profile excited by a narrow transducer in a dielectric–ferrite–dielectric structure

The results from an experimental study of the diffraction profiles of magnetostatic backward volume waves (MSBVW) excited by a finite linear transducer placed on the surface of tangentially magnetized ferrite film in a dielectric–ferrite–dielectric structure are presented. Theoretical calculations and experimental data are compared.     

The influence of continuous-wave pumping on the propagation of envelope solitons of magnetostatic spin waves

The influence of continuous-wave pumping on the propagation of solitons of magnetostatic spin waves is studied. It is shown that, at certain conditions when the frequency of the continuously excited wave falls into the spectrum of a soliton-like pulse, the nonlinear interaction results in soliton decay. Numerical calculations of this effect are presented.