Naoki Kanazawa

Metal thickness dependence on spin wave propagation in magnonic crystal using yttrium iron garnet

Magnonic crystals (MCs) are key components for spin wave manipulation. MCs realized with periodically metallized surfaces have an advantage in ease of the fabrication, but the effect of the metal thickness has not been studied well. In this work, the metal thickness dependence on the transmission spectra of localized mode spin waves was investigated. The metal thickness over half of the skin depth was necessary to prevent strong attenuation of spin waves.

Spin wave localization in one-dimensional magnonic microcavity comprising yttrium iron garnet

We demonstrate the localization of magnetostatic surface waves, i.e., spin waves, in a one-dimensional magnonic microcavity substantialized with periodical conductivity modulation. The narrow localized state is observed inside band gaps and is responsible for a sharp transmission peak. The experimental results strongly agree with the theoretical prediction made with the shape magnetic anisotropy of the propagating medium composed of yttrium iron garnet taken into account.

Spin wave absorber generated by artificial surface anisotropy for spin wave device network

Spin waves (SWs) have the potential to reduce the electric energy loss in signal processing networks. The SWs called magnetostatic forward volume waves (MSFVWs) are advantageous for networking due to their isotropic dispersion in the plane of a device. To control the MSFVW flow in a processing network based on yttrium iron garnet, we developed a SW absorber using artificial structures. The mechanical surface polishing method presented in this work can well control extrinsic damping without changing the SW dispersion of the host material. Furthermore, enhancement of the ferromagnetic resonance linewidth over 3 Oe was demonstrated.

Spin wave isolator based on frequency displacement nonreciprocity in ferromagnetic bilayer

We demonstrated the spin wave isolator using bilayer ferromagnetic media comprising single crystalline and poly-crystalline yttrium iron garnet films, which can control the propagation frequency of magnetostatic waves by the direction of applied magnetic field. This isolators property does not depend on their thickness then this can be downsized and integrated for nano-scale magnonic circuits. Calculated dispersion relationship shows good agreement with measured one.

Spin wave differential circuit for realization of thermally stable magnonic sensors

A magnetic-field sensor with a high sensitivity of 38 pT/Hz was demonstrated. By utilizing a spin-wave differential circuit (SWDC) using two yttrium iron garnet (YIG) films, the temperature sensitivity was suppressed, and the thermal stability of the phase of the spin waves was −0.0095° K−1, which is three orders of magnitude better than a simple YIG-based sensor, ∼20° K−1. The SWDC architecture opens the way to design YIG-based magnonic devices.