Abstract
The propagation of microwave magnetoelastic waves in a ferromagnet subjected to pulsed magnetic fields is investigated. In the first part of the theoretical analysis, which is restricted to spatially uniform bias fields, the interaction between the magnetic and elastic systems is neglected. Using a coupled-mode approach, it is found that plane spin waves propagate in magnetic field transients with negligible reflections, constant momentum and wavenumber, but variable frequency and power flow. These results are further elucidated by the study of a simple step transient case. In the presence of magnetoelastic interaction, the theory indicates that besides changes in frequency and in power flow, the field gradient causes group velocity modulation and changes in the time duration of wave packets. In addition there is an exchange of momentum between the different branches of the dispersion relation; this exchange is calculated in terms of critical field gradients, The analysis reveals that negligible coupling occurs for field gradients much smaller than the critical values, resulting in efficient magnon/phonon conversion. The critical gradients are given for both shear and longitudinal waves propagating along certain crystallographic directions.
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