Yu. P. Sharaevskii

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.

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.

Self-generation of dissipative solitons in magnonic quasicrystal active ring resonator

Self-generation of dissipative solitons in the magnonic quasicrystal (MQC) active ring resonator is studied theoretically and experimentally. The developed magnonic crystal has quasiperiodic Fibonacci type structure. Frequency selectivity of the MQC together with the parametric three-wave decay of magnetostatic surface spin wave (MSSW) leads to the dissipative soliton self-generation. The transfer matrix method is used to describe MQC transmission responses. Besides, the model of MQC active ring resonator is suggested. The model includes three coupled differential equations describing the parametric decay of MSSW and two differential equations of linear oscillators describing the frequency selectivity of MQC. Numerical simulation results of dissipative soliton self-generation are in a fair agreement with experimental data.

Dissipative soliton generation in an active ring resonator based on magnonic quasicrystal with Fibonacci type structure

This study reports on the experimental investigations of a magnetostatic surface wave (MSSW) propagation in a magnonic quasicrystal (MQC) with Fibonacci type structure. It is shown that such structure has a greater number of band gaps and narrower pass bands located between them than a periodic structure. These features of the MQC and three-wave decay of the MSSW are used in a MQC active ring resonator for the eigenmode selection and dissipative soliton self-generation.

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.

Brillouin light scattering study of transverse mode coupling in confined yttrium iron garnet/barium strontium titanate multiferroic

Using the space-resolved Brillouin light scattering spectroscopy we study the transformation of dynamic magnetization patterns in a bilayer multiferroic structure. We show that in the comparison with a single yttrium iron garnet (YIG) film magnetization distribution is transformed in the bilayer structure due to the coupling of waves propagating both in an YIG film (magnetic layer) and in a barium strontium titanate slab (ferroelectric layer). We present a simple electrodynamic model using the numerical finite element method to show the transformation of eigenmode spectrum of confined multiferroic. In particular, we demonstrate that the control over the dynamic magnetization and the transformation of spatial profiles of transverse modes in magnetic film of the bilayer structure can be performed by the tuning of the wavevectors of transverse modes. The studied confined multiferroic stripe can be utilized for fabrication of integrated dual tunable functional devices for magnonic applications.

Formation of gap solitons in a finite magnonic crystal

The specific features of transmission of microwave pulses through the bandgap of a magnonic crystal when three-magnon decay processes of magnetostatic waves are allowed have been experimentally investigated. It is shown that soliton-like pulses can be formed under these conditions. The experimental data are compared with the results of numerical simulation.

Wideband chaotic oscillation in a self-oscillatory system with a nonlinear transmission line on magnetostatic waves

Wideband chaotic microwave oscillation in a ring self-oscillatory system is studied. The system includes a solid-state power amplifier and a wideband nonlinear transmission line with a ferromagnetic film in which magnetostatic waves of different types are excited. It is found that the eigenmodes of the self-oscillatory system excited in the passband of the transmission line on magnetostatic waves become noisy because of spin wave parametric excitation due to the magnetostatic wave and nonlinearity of the power amplifier. A continuous spectrum of modes observed in the wideband chaotic signal is associated with the presence of a descending portion in the dynamic characteristic of the nonlinear transmission line, which arises when a magnetostatic surface wave is excited.

Tunable band gaps in a layered structure magnonic crystal-ferroelectric

A dispersion relation for a hybrid electromagnetic-spin wave in a layered structure magnonic crystal-ferroelectric has been derived. The main distinctions of the band gaps in this structure from those in a single magnonic crystal have been determined. It is shown that the characteristics of these zones can be tuning by the electric field.