Surface Spin-Wave Propagation in the Orthogonal Transverse Junction of YIG-Based Magnonic Stripes

Abstract

In this article, we experimentally demonstrate the propagation of magnetostatic surface spin wave (MSSW) in the orthogonally joined yttrium iron garnet stripes in the form of T-shaped connection. By the means of microwave spectroscopy technique, we show how the transmission is affected by the distance between orthogonal yttrium iron garnet stripes. Micromagnetic modeling demonstrates the presence of nonreciprocal propagation of spin waves (SWs) between all three ports of the T-junction. A mechanism for controlling the spatial-frequency selection of a propagating signal by variation of the air gap in the area of connected orthogonal sections is shown. The proposed structure can act as a magnonic splitter for 3-D topology of multilevel magnonic networks (MNs). The transition to a multilayer topology of MNs opens the possibility of increase of the packing density of computational units based on the principles of magnonics.