Spin-wave propagation through a magnonic crystal in a thermal gradient

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2018

Authors

Langner, T (Author) Other; Bozhko, DA (Author) Other; Bunyaev, SA (Author) FCUP; G.N. Kakazei (Author) FCUP; Chumak, AV (Author) Other; Serga, AA (Author) Other; Hillebrands, B (Author) Other; Vasyuchka, VI (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Vol. 51 No. 464001

ISSN: 0022-3727

Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing

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Authenticus ID: P-00P-DDJ

DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/aad2ac

Abstract (EN): The properties of a magnonic crystal are expected to be strongly influenced by the presence of a thermal gradient. We investigated the propagation of backward volume and surface magnetostatic spin-waves in a ID magnonic crystal (MC) exposed to a continuous spatial temperature gradient. It is shown that the thermal gradient applied along the propagation direction leads to a frequency shift and a modification of the transmission characteristics of the spin-waves. The frequency shift is caused by a variation in saturation magnetization due to the change in absolute temperature. The altered transmission manifests itself in a broadening of MC band gaps and the corresponding narrowing of the MC passbands and is understood to be a result of a spatial transformation of the spin-waves wavelengths in a thermal gradient. Furthermore, the transmission characteristics of spin-waves in a thermal gradient have been verified by numerical calculations based on the approach of the transmission matrix. The results of the calculations demonstrate a good agreement with the experimentally measured data.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 7