Abstract
The interest in artificial magnetic media such as magnonic crystals increased substantially in recent years due to their potential applications in information processing at microwave frequencies. The main features of these crystals are the presence of band gaps in the spin-wave spectra, usually formed due to Bragg reflections of spin-waves on the artificially created periodic structures. Here, we study spin-wave propagation in longitudinally magnetized width- and thickness-modulated yttrium iron garnet waveguides by means of Brillouin light scattering and microwave spectroscopy techniques. It is found that the width modulated crystal does not manifest noticeable Bragg reflections, but still demonstrates a pronounced band gap in its transmission characteristic. The phenomenon can be explained by the destructive interference between different frequency-degenerated spin-wave modes excited by the crystal. Such a reflection-less crystal is promising for future design of multi-element magnonic devices.
Highlights
The interest in artificial magnetic media such as magnonic crystals increased substantially in recent years due to their potential applications in information processing at microwave frequencies
The magnetization geometry is chosen in a way allowing for the excitation of backward volume magnetostatic spin waves (BVMSWs)[38] having reciprocal propagation characteristics[46] and demonstrating high scattering efficiency in thickness-modulated MCs47,48
The optical access to the YIG film was especially ensured for a two-dimensional mapping of the magnon density distribution by means of space- and time-resolved Brillouin Light Scattering (BLS) spectroscopy[49,50]
Summary
The interest in artificial magnetic media such as magnonic crystals increased substantially in recent years due to their potential applications in information processing at microwave frequencies. Contrary to a thickness-modulated structure (Fig. 1b), the width-modulated crystal demonstrates no resonant back-scattering of SWs at the central frequency of the band gap.
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