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Title: Effects of an adjacent metal surface on spin wave propagation

Journal Article · · AIP Advances
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5007253· OSTI ID:1499109
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  1. Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States). Physics and Astronomy
  2. Chang Jung Christian Univ., Tainan (Taiwan)
  3. Hanyang Univ., Seoul (Korea, Republic of). Dept. of Physics. Research Inst. for Natural Sciences

We experimentally investigate and model the effects of a copper surface adjacent to a surface on which spin waves propagate in a thin film of yttrium iron garnet (YIG). Investigation was performed using a phase detection method, which can map out the spin wave velocity as a function wavevector for small wavevector with high resolution. This velocity is in good agreement with a simple model and allows for extraction of the separation between the YIG film and the copper.

Research Organization:
Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0014424
OSTI ID:
1499109
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1416223
Journal Information:
AIP Advances, Vol. 8, Issue 5; ISSN 2158-3226
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Measurements of long-wavelength spin waves for the magnetic field in the Damon-Eshbach, backward-volume and forward-volume geometries of an yttrium iron garnet film journal March 2018
Phase detection of spin waves in yttrium iron garnet and metal induced nonreciprocity journal February 2019

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