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Title: Surface spin-electron acoustic waves in magnetically ordered metals

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4949356· OSTI ID:22591702
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  1. Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991 (Russian Federation)

Degenerate plasmas with motionless ions show existence of three surface waves: the Langmuir wave, the electromagnetic wave, and the zeroth sound. Applying the separated spin evolution quantum hydrodynamics to half-space plasma, we demonstrate the existence of the surface spin-electron acoustic wave (SSEAW). We study dispersion of the SSEAW. We show that there is hybridization between the surface Langmuir wave and the SSEAW at rather small spin polarization. In the hybridization area, the dispersion branches are located close to each other. In this area, there is a strong interaction between these waves leading to the energy exchange. Consequently, generating the Langmuir waves with the frequencies close to hybridization area we can generate the SSEAWs. Thus, we report a method of creation of the spin-electron acoustic waves.

OSTI ID:
22591702
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 108, Issue 19; Other Information: (c) 2016 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English