Mesoscopic quantum effect of symmetry breaking for magnetic-dipolar oscillating modes

Abstract

In quasi-two-dimensional systems the dipolar interaction can play an essential role in determine the magnetic properties. In a case of magnetic-dipolar modes in a normally magnetized thin-film ferrite disk, the oscillations can be considered as the motion process of certain quasiparticles—the light magnons—having quantization of energy and characterizing by effective masses depending on the energy levels. One of the features of magnetic-dipolar oscillations in a normally magnetized ferrite disk resonator is the presence of helicoidal surface magnetic currents. These currents lead to the parity violation effects in magnetic-dipolar oscillations and appearance of anapole moments. Recent experiments show that magnetic-dipolar oscillations in a normally magnetized ferrite disk are strongly affected by a normal component of the external RF electric field. The anapole-moment model gives very convincing arguments for explaining these experimental data.