Bragg diffraction of surface magnetostatic waves from magnetic lattices

We present a theoretical and experimental investigation of Bragg scattering of surface magnetostatic waves (SMSW) by a time-independent, spatially periodic magnetic field when the wave orientation is arbitrary with respect to the magnetization field. In the theoretical section the theory of single-mode Bragg diffraction is generalized to the case of waves with arbitrary dispersion propagating through an anisotropic medium. The calculated results are, on the whole, supported by experimental measurements on SMSW. We demonstrate that a geometry which in isotropic media leads to a sinusoidal distribution of diffraction order amplitudes as a function of penetration into the differing lattice, can lead to a nearly exponential distribution of such amplitudes in anisotropic media. The anisotropy of the interaction between SMSW and the magnetic diffracting lattice is manifested by anomalously high scattering efficiencies for certain cases of relative orientation.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 11, pp. 76–85, November, 1988.