Strongly extended diffusion length for the nonequilibrium magnons in by photoexcitation
Abstract
Y3Fe5O12 (YIG) is known for its long magnon diffusion length. Although it has the known lowest damping rate, an even longer diffusion distance is still highly desired since it may lead to a much more efficient information transmission and processing. While most of previous works focused on the generation and detection of magnons in YIG, here we demonstrate how to depress the damping rate during the diffusion of magnon. By selectively exciting the spin state transition of the Fe ions in YIG, we successfully increase magnon diffusion length by one order of magnitude, i.e., from the previous reported ~10 μm up to ~156 μm (for the sample prepared by liquid phase epitaxy) and ~180 μm (for the sample prepared by pulsed laser deposition) at room temperature. The diffusion length, determined by nonlocal geometry, is ~30 μm for the magnons induced by visible light and above 150 μm for the laser of 980 nm. In addition to thermal gradient, light excitation affects the electron configuration of the Fe3+ ion in YIG. Long-wavelength laser is more effective since it causes a transition of the Fe3+ ions in FeO6 octahedron from a high spin to a low spin state and thus causes amore »
- Authors:
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- Northwestern Polytechnical Univ., Xi'an (China)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Chinese Academy of Science, Hefei (China)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1437892
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 2; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2475-9953
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
Citation Formats
Wang, S. H., Li, G., Guo, E. J., Zhao, Y., Wang, J. Y., Zou, L. K., Yan, H., Cai, J. W., Zhang, Z. T., Wang, M., Tian, Y. Y., Zheng, X. L., Sun, J. R., and Jin, K. X.. Strongly extended diffusion length for the nonequilibrium magnons in Y3Fe5O12 by photoexcitation. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.051401.
Wang, S. H., Li, G., Guo, E. J., Zhao, Y., Wang, J. Y., Zou, L. K., Yan, H., Cai, J. W., Zhang, Z. T., Wang, M., Tian, Y. Y., Zheng, X. L., Sun, J. R., & Jin, K. X.. Strongly extended diffusion length for the nonequilibrium magnons in Y3Fe5O12 by photoexcitation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.051401
Wang, S. H., Li, G., Guo, E. J., Zhao, Y., Wang, J. Y., Zou, L. K., Yan, H., Cai, J. W., Zhang, Z. T., Wang, M., Tian, Y. Y., Zheng, X. L., Sun, J. R., and Jin, K. X.. Wed .
"Strongly extended diffusion length for the nonequilibrium magnons in Y3Fe5O12 by photoexcitation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.051401. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1437892.
@article{osti_1437892,
title = {Strongly extended diffusion length for the nonequilibrium magnons in Y3Fe5O12 by photoexcitation},
author = {Wang, S. H. and Li, G. and Guo, E. J. and Zhao, Y. and Wang, J. Y. and Zou, L. K. and Yan, H. and Cai, J. W. and Zhang, Z. T. and Wang, M. and Tian, Y. Y. and Zheng, X. L. and Sun, J. R. and Jin, K. X.},
abstractNote = {Y3Fe5O12 (YIG) is known for its long magnon diffusion length. Although it has the known lowest damping rate, an even longer diffusion distance is still highly desired since it may lead to a much more efficient information transmission and processing. While most of previous works focused on the generation and detection of magnons in YIG, here we demonstrate how to depress the damping rate during the diffusion of magnon. By selectively exciting the spin state transition of the Fe ions in YIG, we successfully increase magnon diffusion length by one order of magnitude, i.e., from the previous reported ~10 μm up to ~156 μm (for the sample prepared by liquid phase epitaxy) and ~180 μm (for the sample prepared by pulsed laser deposition) at room temperature. The diffusion length, determined by nonlocal geometry, is ~30 μm for the magnons induced by visible light and above 150 μm for the laser of 980 nm. In addition to thermal gradient, light excitation affects the electron configuration of the Fe3+ ion in YIG. Long-wavelength laser is more effective since it causes a transition of the Fe3+ ions in FeO6 octahedron from a high spin to a low spin state and thus causes a magnon softening which favors a long-distance diffusion. Furthermore, the present work paves the way toward an efficient tuning of magnon transport which is crucially important for magnon spintronics.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.051401},
journal = {Physical Review Materials},
number = 5,
volume = 2,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {5}
}
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