Asymmetry of spin wave dispersions in a hexagonal magnonic crystal

We report a study of the dispersion of spin waves in a hexagonal array of interacting ferromagnetic nanodisks for two orthogonal orientations of the in-plane applied magnetic field, i.e., either parallel or perpendicular to the direction of first neighbour disks. The experimental data were modelled...

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Veröffentlicht in:Applied physics letters 2013-05, Vol.102 (20)
Hauptverfasser: Montoncello, F., Tacchi, S., Giovannini, L., Madami, M., Gubbiotti, G., Carlotti, G., Sirotkin, E., Ahmad, E., Ogrin, F. Y., Kruglyak, V. V.
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Zusammenfassung:We report a study of the dispersion of spin waves in a hexagonal array of interacting ferromagnetic nanodisks for two orthogonal orientations of the in-plane applied magnetic field, i.e., either parallel or perpendicular to the direction of first neighbour disks. The experimental data were modelled using the dynamical matrix method, and the results were interpreted in terms of the effective wave vector model. We have found that spin waves propagating in the two orthogonal directions exhibit marked asymmetry concerning the existence of maxima/minima in their dispersion curves and the sign of their group velocities.
ISSN:0003-6951
1077-3118
DOI:10.1063/1.4807657