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.     

平面波展开法计算二维磁振子晶体带结构

磁振子晶体是光子晶体或声子晶体在磁性材料领域内的替代品,是近来的一个研究热点. 本文提出了磁振子晶体领域内的一种平面波展开法,其较传统的平面波展开法能节约一半以上的计算时间. 采用此方法,数值计算了由Fe/EuO二种铁磁材料构成的二维磁振子晶体带结构. 数值计算结果表明,在一定的体积填充率下,有自旋波带隙的出现;影响磁振子晶体带隙结构形成的主要因素是有效场中的交换作用场,其他作用场的影响相对很小. 关键词： 磁振子晶体 带隙 平面波展开法     

Enhanced functionality in magnonics by domain walls and inhomogeneous spin configurations

This paper discusses nanomagnetic structures enabling the manipulation of propagating spin waves. We address in particular how domain walls, or more generally speaking inhomogeneous spin configurations, enhance the control of spin-wave transmission and thereby the functionality of magnonic devices. Three different microscopic mechanisms are outlined, considering an interference device, a spin-wave bus and a magnonic crystal. Inhomogeneous spin configurations are argued to shift the spin-wave phase, guide spin waves in nanochannels and allow for reprogrammable spin-wave band structures in periodic nanostructures, respectively. Such devices and functionalities are relevant for further developments in magnonics.     

All-magnonic spin-transfer torque and domain wall propagation

The spin-wave transportation through a transverse magnetic domain wall (DW) in a magnetic nanowire is studied. It is found that the spin wave passes through a DW without reflection. A magnon, the quantum of the spin wave, carries opposite spins on the two sides of the DW. As a result, there is a spin angular momentum transfer from the propagating magnons to the DW. This magnonic spin-transfer torque can efficiently drive a DW to propagate in the opposite direction to that of the spin wave.     

二维磁振子晶体中线缺陷模的性质及其应用

在超原胞近似下, 利用平面波展开法数值计算了含线缺陷结构的二维磁振子晶体带结构及缺陷模的磁化强度场分布. 研究结果表明, 线缺陷结构的引入会在禁带中产生一个小范围的通带, 即产生线缺陷模. 该模式的存在可使自旋波沿着线缺陷结构的方向传播, 利用此性质含线缺陷结构的二维磁振子晶体材料可作为自旋波导波器件的制作材料. 关键词： 磁振子晶体 线缺陷 波导     

二维磁振子晶体中点缺陷模的耦合性质研究

在超原胞近似下, 利用平面波展开法数值计算了多点缺陷的二维磁振子晶体带结构及其部分缺 陷模的磁化强度场分布. 研究结果表明, 点缺陷模间的能量发生了耦合, 使自旋波沿着缺陷方向传播. 利用该性质可将含多点缺陷体的二维磁 振子晶体作为自旋波导波器件的制作材料.     

Effects of rotating noncircular scatterers on spin-wave band gaps of two-dimensional magnonic crystals

Using the plane-wave expansion method, the spin-wave band structures of two-dimensional magnonic crystals consisting of square arrays of different shape scatterers are calculated numerically, and the effects of rotating rectangle and hexagon scaterers on the gaps are studied, respectively. The results show that the gaps can be substantially opened and tuned by rotating the scatterers. This approach should be helpful in designing magnonic crystals with desired gaps.     

Reconfigurable Lateral Spin-Wave Transport in a Ring Magnonic Microwaveguide

JETP Letters - Features of spin-wave dynamics in a ring magnonic microwaveguide that appear at change in the direction of the equilibrium magnetization with respect to the axis of symmetry of the...     

Spin-wave dispersion in two-layer magnetic films

The change in spin-wave resonance spectra in multilayer magnetic films occurring under the gradual transformation of a spin-pinned layer from the reactive medium into a dispersive state or vice versa is studied. Spatial spin-wave dispersion associated with the spin-pinned layer is established to occur. This dispersion is most markedly pronounced in films with a mixed mechanism of spin pinning. The dispersion observed allows the so-called effect of “repulsion” of spin-wave modes to be accounted for.     

Exchange interaction parameters and adiabatic spin-wave spectra of ferromagnets: a "renormalized magnetic force theorem"

The "magnetic force theorem" is frequently used to compute exchange interaction parameters and adiabatic spin-wave spectra of ferromagnets. The interest of this approach is that it allows one to obtain these results from a non-self-consistent calculation of the (single-electron) band energy only, which greatly reduces the computational effort. However, as discussed by various authors, this approach entails some systematic error. Here, a "renormalized magnetic force theorem" allows us to remove this systematic error without significantly increasing the computational effort involved. For systems with one atom per unit cell, it amounts to a simple renormalization of the spin-wave spectrum.     

Angular dependences of spin-wave resonance spectra of inhomogeneous films with orthorhombic anisotropy

Zero spin-wave mode in inhomogeneous magnetic films with orthorhombic anisotropy has been found to exhibit a change of its localization region in two of three typical angular dependences of resonance fields of high-intensity modes. It has been shown that the anisotropy fields on both sides of the film can be determined from the resonance fields of the zero and uppermost high-intensity spin-wave modes of spin-wave resonance spectra.     

Band diagram of spin waves in a two-dimensional magnonic crystal

The dispersion curves of collective spin-wave excitations in a magnonic crystal consisting of a square array of interacting saturated nanodisks have been measured by Brillouin light scattering along the four principal directions of the first Brillouin zone. The experimental data are successfully compared to calculations of the band diagram and of the Brillouin light scattering cross section, performed through the dynamical matrix method extended to include the dipolar interaction between the disks. We found that the fourfold symmetry of the geometrical lattice is reduced by the application of the external field and therefore equivalent directions of the first Brillouin zone are characterized by different dispersion relations of collective spin waves. The dispersion relations are explained through the introduction of a bidimensional effective wave vector that characterizes each mode in this magnonic metamaterial.     

Magnetic Properties of Ferromagnetic Double Layers with Ferrimagnetic Interlayer Coupling at Zero Temperature

Spin-wave theory is used to study magnetic properties of ferromagnetic double layers with a ferrimagnetic interlayer coupling at zero temperature. The spin-wave spectra and four sublattices magnetizations and internal energy are calculated by employing retarded Green function technique. The sublattice magnetizations at ground state are smaller than their classical values, owing to the zero-point quantum fluctuations of the spins.     

Interactions of spin waves with a magnetic vortex

We have investigated azimuthal spin-wave modes in magnetic vortex structures using time-resolved Kerr microscopy. Spatially resolved phase and amplitude spectra of ferromagnetic disks with diameters from 5 microm down to 500 nm reveal that the lowest order azimuthal spin-wave mode splits into a doublet as the disk size decreases. We demonstrate that the splitting is due to the coupling between spin waves and the gyrotropic motion of the vortex core.     

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.     

阻挫对准一维非对称子格反铁磁链自旋波激发的影响

子格对称性破缺使得s=1/2准一维海森伯自旋链具有三支自旋波激发谱(其中一支属于声学模，两支属于光学模). 计算表明：阻挫导致两支光学模能隙简并解除；阻挫引起声学模自旋波激发谱软化，但并不导致光学模激发谱软化；阻挫导致两支光学模激发谱中的一支明显下移，这意味着阻挫使光学模激发变得重要且容易实现；阻挫引起的自旋偏离对于属于不同子格的自旋是不同的；阻挫对于系统基态磁性长程序的削弱随着阻挫增强变得越来越明显. 通过与严格对角化方法和DMRG方法的数值结果比较，还分析了自旋波近似的合理性和不足之处. 关键词： 准一维反铁磁自旋系统 自旋波激发 光学模 能隙简并     

Itinerant Topological Magnons in SU (2) Symmetric Topological Hubbard Models with Nearly Flat Electronic Bands

We show that a suitable combination of flat-band ferromagnetism,geometry and nontrivial electronic band topology can give rise to itinerant topological magnons.An SU(2) symmetric topological Hubbard model with nearly flat electronic bands,on a Kagome lattice,is considered as the prototype.This model exhibits ferromagnetic order when the lowest electronic band is half-filled.Using the numerical exact diagonalization method with a projection onto this nearly flat band,we can obtain the magnonic spectra.In the flat-band limit,the spectra exhibit distinct dispersions with Dirac points,similar to those of free electrons with isotropic hoppings,or a local spin magnet with pure ferromagnetic Heisenberg exchanges on the same geometry.Significantly,the non-flatness of the electronic band may induce a topological gap at the Dirac points,leading to a magnonic band with a nonzero Chern number.More intriguingly,this magnonic Chern number changes its sign when the topological index of the electronic band is reversed,suggesting that the nontrivial topology of the magnonic band is related to its underlying electronic band.Our work suggests interesting directions for the further exploration of,and searches for,itinerant topological magnons.     

Magnetic and quasiparticle excitation spectra of an itinerant J1-J2 model for iron-pnictide superconductors

We calculate the magnetic and quasiparticle excitation spectra of an itinerant J(1)-J(2) model for iron-pnictide superconductors. In addition to an acoustic spin-wave branch, the magnetic spectrum has a second, optical branch, resulting from the coupled four-sublattice magnetic structure. The spin-wave velocity has also a planar directional anisotropy, due to the collinear or striped antiferromagnetism. Within the magnetically ordered phase, the quasiparticle spectrum is composed of two Dirac cones, resulting from the folding of the magnetic Brillouin zone. We discuss the relevance of our findings to the understanding of both neutron scattering and photoemission spectroscopy results for SrFe(2)As(2).     

Electron spin waves of the surface of a nanotube

The spin-wave spectrum of a non-ferromagnetic electron gas on the surface of a nanotube in a magnetic field has been considered. The electron-electron interaction has been taken into account in the Hartree-Fock approximation. The dynamic spin susceptibility tensor of the electron gas has been calculated in the random-phase approximation. The spectra of intrasubband and intersubband magnons have been calculated in the quantum and semi-classical cases. It has been shown that, for a large number of occupied subbands, the spin-wave frequencies exhibit de Haas-van Alphen and Aharonov-Bohm oscillations with a change in the electron density and the magnetic flux through the cross section of the nanotube.