A. V. Sadovnikov

Spin-current nano-oscillator based on nonlocal spin injection

Nonlocal spin injection has been recognized as an efficient mechanism for creation of pure spin currents not tied to the electrical charge transfer. Here we demonstrate experimentally that it can induce coherent magnetization dynamics, which can be utilized for the implementation of novel microwave nano-sources for spintronic and magnonic applications. We show that such sources exhibit a small oscillation linewidth and are tunable over a wide frequency range by the static magnetic field. Spatially resolved measurements of the dynamical magnetization indicate a relatively large oscillation area, resulting in a high stability of the oscillation with respect to thermal fluctuations. We propose a simple quasilinear dynamical model that reproduces well the oscillation characteristics.

Nanoconstriction-based spin-Hall nano-oscillator

We experimentally demonstrate magnetic nano-oscillators driven by pure spin current produced by the spin Hall effect in a bow tie-shaped nanoconstriction. These devices exhibit single-mode auto-oscillation and generate highly-coherent electronic microwave signals with a significant power and the spectral linewidth as low as 6.2 MHz at room temperature. The proposed simple and flexible device geometry is amenable to straightforward implementation of advanced spintronic structures such as chains of mutually coupled spin-Hall nano-oscillators.

Magnonic beam splitter: The building block of parallel magnonic circuitry

We demonstrate a magnonic beam splitter that works by inter-converting magnetostatic surface and backward-volume spin waves propagating in orthogonal sections of a T-shaped yttrium iron garnet structure. The inter-conversion is enabled by the overlap of the surface and volume spin wave bands. This overlap results from the demagnetising field induced along the transversely magnetised section(-s) of the structure and the quantization of the transverse wave number of the propagating spin waves (which are therefore better described as waveguide modes). In agreement with numerical micromagnetic simulations, our Brillouin light scattering imaging experiments reveal that, depending on the frequency, the incident fundamental waveguide magnonic modes may also be converted into higher order waveguide modes. The magnonic beam splitter demonstrated here is an important step towards the development of parallel logic circuitry of magnonics.

Dipolar field-induced spin-wave waveguides for spin-torque magnonics

We use high-resolution imaging to study the propagation of spin waves in magnonic waveguides created by the dipolar magnetic fields of microscopic patterns. We show that the characteristics of spin-wave modes in such waveguides depend strongly on their geometry. In particular, by tuning the geometrical parameters, field-induced confinement for both the edge and the center waveguide modes can be achieved, enabling control over the spin-wave transmission characteristics. The studied waveguiding structures are particularly promising for the implementation of magnonic devices utilizing spin-torque phenomena.

Multimode Propagation of Magnetostatic Waves in a Width-Modulated Yttrium-Iron-Garnet Waveguide

An irregular tapered ferrite waveguide with a periodically width-modulated region was investigated. By using space- and time-resolved Brillouin light scattering spectroscopy, we measured the features of the intermodal interaction of width modes and their scattering at the boundaries of the waveguide. Near the band-gap frequency region, the spatial pattern of the spin-waves depends on the mode interaction in the periodically width-modulated yttrium-iron-garnet waveguide. These experimental results are important for controlling spin-wave propagation in width-modulated magnetic structures for future spintronic devices.

Frequency selective tunable spin wave channeling in the magnonic network

Using the space-resolved Brillouin light scattering spectroscopy, we study the frequency and wavenumber selective spin-wave channeling. We demonstrate the frequency selective collimation of spin-wave in an array of magnonic waveguides, formed between the adjacent magnonic crystals on the surface of yttrium iron garnet film. We show the control over spin-wave propagation length by the orientation of an in-plane bias magnetic field. Fabricated array of magnonic crystal can be used as a magnonic platform for multidirectional frequency selective signal processing applications in magnonic networks.

Nonlinear spin wave coupling in adjacent magnonic crystals

We have experimentally studied the coupling of spin waves in the adjacent magnonic crystals. Space- and time-resolved Brillouin light-scattering spectroscopy is used to demonstrate the frequency and intensity dependent spin-wave energy exchange between the side-coupled magnonic crystals. The experiments and the numerical simulation of spin wave propagation in the coupled periodic structures show that the nonlinear phase shift of spin wave in the adjacent magnonic crystals leads to the nonlinear switching regime at the frequencies near the forbidden magnonic gap. The proposed side-coupled magnonic crystals represent a significant advance towards the all-magnonic signal processing in the integrated magnonic circuits.

Generation of propagating spin waves from regions of increased dynamic demagnetising field near magnetic antidots

We have used Brillouin Light Scattering and micromagnetic simulations to demonstrate a point-like source of spin waves created by the inherently nonuniform internal magnetic field in the vicinity of an isolated antidot formed in a continuous film of yttrium-iron-garnet. The field nonuniformity ensures that only well-defined regions near the antidot respond in resonance to a continuous excitation of the entire sample with a harmonic microwave field. The resonantly excited parts of the sample then served as reconfigurable sources of spin waves propagating (across the considered sample) in the form of caustic beams. Our findings are relevant to further development of magnonic circuits, in which point-like spin wave stimuli could be required, and as a building block for interpretation of spin wave behavior in magnonic crystals formed by antidot arrays.

Multimode Surface Magnetostatic Wave Propagation in Irregular Planar YIG Waveguide

Brillouin light spectroscopy method of magnetic materials was used for experimental study of multimode propagation characteristics of surface magnetostatic waves in an irregular ferrite waveguide. It was experimentally demonstrated that the spatial transformation of modes is possible in tapered ferrite planar waveguide due to breaking of the axis symmetry.

Field-Controlled Phase-Rectified Magnonic Multiplexer

The mechanism used to alter the features of propagating spin waves is a key component underpinning the functionality of high-frequency magnonic devices. Here, using experiment and micromagnetic simulations, we demonstrate the feasibility of a magnonic multiplexer in which the spin-wave beam is toggled between device output branches by the polarity of a small global bias magnetic field. Due to the anisotropy inherent in the dispersion of magnetostatic spin waves, the phase fronts of the output spin waves are asymmetrically tilted relative to the direction of the beam propagation (group velocity). We show how the phase tilts could be (partly) rectified in the magnonic waveguides of variable widths.