On-line SPICE-SPIN+X Seminars

On-line Seminar: 26.08.2020 - 15:00 (CET)

Magnetic Matchmaking: Hybrid Magnon Modes

Axel Hoffmann, University of Illinois

Hybrid dynamic excitations have gained increased interest due to their potential impact on coherent information processing. Towards this end, magnons, the fundamental excitation quant of magnetically ordered systems, are of particular interest, since they can be easily tuned by external magnetic fields and interact with a wide range of other excitations, such as microwave and optical photons, phonons, and other magnons.1 We have explored recently the integration of permalloy (Ni80Fe20) thin film structures into hybrid magnon systems. By combining permalloy structures with high-quality superconducting microwave resonators, we demonstrated strong magnon-photon coupling in co-planar, on-chip geometry, which is readily scalable to more complex devices.2 Furthermore, we demonstrated strong coupling of permalloy magnons to standing magnon modes in yttrium iron garnet films, which revealed the importance of dampin-like torques originating from spin pumping.3 Lastly, we demonstrated how the coupling between magnons in Ni and surface acoustic waves in LiNbO3 can be used to modulate phonon propagation.4
This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Materials Sciences and Engineering Division.

PDF file of the talk available here

References:
1. Y. Li, et al., arXiv:2006.16158.
2. Y. Li, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 107701 (2019).
3. Y. Li, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 117202 (2020).
4. C. Zhao, et al., Phys. Rev. Appl. 13, 054032 (2020).