The Talbot effect has been known in optics since XIX century and found various technological applications. In this paper, we demonstrate with the help of micromagnetic simulations this self-imaging phenomenon for spin waves propagating in a thin ferromagnetic film magnetized out-of-plane. We show that the main features of the obtained Talbot carpets for spin waves can be described, to a large extent, by the approximate analytical formulas yielded by the general analysis of the wave phenomena. Our results indicate a route to a feasible experimental realisation of the Talbot effect at low and high frequencies and offer interesting effects and possible applications in magnonics.
We constructed a quasi-analytical self-consistent model of the stripline-based broadband ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) measurements of ferromagnetic films. Exchange-free description of magnetization dynamics in the films allowed us to obtain simple analytical expressions. They enable quick and efficient numerical simulations of the dynamics. With this model we studied the contribution of radiation losses to the ferromagnetic resonance linewidth, as measured with the stripline FMR. We found that for films with large conductivity of metals the radiation losses are significantly smaller than for …
Graphene has been predicted to develop a magnetic moment by proximity effect when placed on a ferromagnetic film, a promise that could open exciting possibilities in the fields of spintronics and magnetic data recording. In this work, we study in detail the interplay between the magnetoresistance of graphene and the magnetization of an underlying ferromagnetic insulating film. A clear correlation between both magnitudes is observed but we find, through a careful modelling of the magnetization and the weak localization measurements, that such correspondence can be explained by the effects of th…
The large curvature effects on micromagnetic energy of a thin ferromagnetic film with nonlocal dipolar energy are considered. We predict that the dipolar interaction and surface curvature can produce perpendicular anisotropy which can be controlled by engineering a special type of periodic surface shape structure. Similar effects can be achieved by a significant surface roughness in the film. We show that in general the anisotropy can point in an arbitrary direction depending on the surface curvature. We provide simple examples of these periodic surface structures to demonstrate how to enginee…
We investigate the magnetization dynamics through the magnetoimpedance effect in ferromagnetic NiFe/Cu/Co films. We observe that the magnetoimpedance response is dependent on the thickness of the non-magnetic Cu spacer material, a fact associated to the kind of the magnetic interaction between the ferromagnetic layers. Thus, we present an experimental study on asymmetric magnetoimpedance in ferromagnetic films with biphase magnetic behavior and explore the possibility of tuning the linear region of the magnetoimpedance curves around zero magnetic field by varying the thickness of the non-magne…
Ferromagnetic resonance study of polycrystalline Fe_{1-x}V_x alloy thin films
利用铁磁共振技术研究了含$0\leq x < 0.7$的多晶Fe $_{1-x}$ V $_{x}$合金薄膜的磁性和磁化动力学。通过从单独的Fe和V靶共溅射产生膜，导致在Si衬底上的组成梯度。FMR研究进行了在室温下与宽带共面波导在频率高达50 GHz的倒装芯片的方法。确定了有效退磁场$4 πM_{\mathrm{eff}}$和Gilbert阻尼参数$α$随V浓度的变化关系。结果进行了比较外延的FeV膜。
Ferromagnetic vortices deliver robust out-of-plane magnetization at extremely small scales. Their handling and creation therefore has high potential to become a necessary ingredient for future data storage technologies in order to keep up with the pace of growing information density demands. In this study we show that by using one step nanolithography method, we are able to create ferromagnetic vortex lattices in thin nickel films. The necessary control of the magnetic stray field at the domain edges was achieved by actively modifying the ferromagnetic thin film anisotropic properties at nanom…
The ferromagnetic resonance frequencies are obtained for a thin ferromagnetic film with surface anisotropy for the cases when the external magnetic field is applied perpendicularly or parallel to the film surface, and for various combinations of boundary conditions on the film surface. It is shown that in the presence of surface anisotropy the ferromagnetic resonance frequency essentially depends both on the film thickness and on the value of the surface anisotropy constant. The results obtained provide a basis for the correct interpretation of experimental data obtained by means of broadband …
The Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) is a chiral interaction that favors formation of domain walls. Recent experiments and ab initio calculations show that there are multiple ways to modify the strength of the interfacially induced DMI in thin ferromagnetic films with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. In this paper we reveal theoretically the effects of spatially varied DMI on the magnetic state in thin films. In such heterochiral 2D structures we report several emergent phenomena, ranging from the equilibrium spin canting at the interface between regions with different DMI, over parti…
We use the continuum micromagnetic framework to derive the formulas for compact skyrmion lifetime due to thermal noise in ultrathin ferromagnetic films with relatively weak interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction. In the absence of a saddle point connecting the skyrmion solution to the ferromagnetic state, we interpret the skyrmion collapse event as ``capture by an absorber'' at microscale. This yields an explicit Arrhenius collapse rate with both the barrier height and the prefactor as functions of all the material parameters, as well as the dynamical paths to collapse.
Hybridization of Ferromagnetic and Cyclotron Resonances in a Two-Dimensional Electron System on a Ferromagnetic Film
Kotelnikov Institute of Radio-engineering and Electronics of the RAS（俄罗斯科学院科捷利尼科夫无线电电子学研究所）；Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (National Research University)（莫斯科物理技术学院（国立研究型大学））；Bauman Moscow State Technical University（鲍曼莫斯科国立技术大学）；National Research University “Moscow Power Engineering Institute,”（国立研究型大学“莫斯科动力工程学院”）；Laboratory of Magnetic Metamaterials, Saratov State University（萨拉托夫州立大学磁性超材料实验室）
The purpose of this article is to develop a systematic approach to the solution of the Landau-Lifshitz equation in terms of the magnon wave function ψ (r) and apply it to physical phenomena in a thin ferromagnetic film. This article has also a purpose to represent the modern state of art for the properties of ferromagnetic films and the pumping-induced Bose-Einstein condensation of magnons in them at room temperature. Thus, it can be considered as a review on basic principles and the recent advances in the field.
Magnetic properties of thin films differs from that of the corresponding bulk materials and show novel physics as a result of their reduced size and dimensionality. Profound changes in magnetic properties can also result with exchange bias between the interface of the thin films of different materials. Here we present Fe$_3$O$_4$, Gd$_5$Si$_4$ and Fe$_3$O$_4$-Gd$_5$Si$_4$ bilayer thin films of varying thicknesses were prepared by RF Magnetron sputtering of Fe$_3$O$_4$ and Gd$_5$Si$_4$ targets on silicon substrates in high vacuum. Their magnetization was measured at room temperature in fields o…
An asymptotically exact theory of spectrum and transverse distribution of magnetization in long-wave magnons is presented. It is based on exact analytical solution of linearized Landau-Lifshitz equation in a film. The quantization of the transverse wave parameters and wave vectors is studied.
The propagation of domain walls in a ferromagnetic film is largely determined by domain wall pinning at defects in the material. In this letter we map the effective potential landscape for domain wall pinning in Permalloy films by raster scanning a single ferromagnetic vortex and monitoring the hysteretic vortex displacement vs. applied magnetic field. The measurement is carried out using a differential magneto-optical microscopy technique which yields spatial sensitivity $\sim 10$ nm. We present a simple algorithm for extracting an effective pinning potential from the measurement of vortex di…
Simple cubic and body centered cubic ferromagnetic lattices with four layers were studied using Heisenberg Hamiltonian. According to 3-D plots, the films with four layers can be easily oriented in certain directions under the influence of particular demagnetization factor and angles for both sc(001) and bcc(001) ferromagnetic lattice structures. A flat part can be seen in the middle of 3-D plots in addition to periodic variations. When the demagnetization factor is given by =6, sc(001) film with four layers can be easily oriented in 0.6 radians direction for the energy parameter values used in…
Magnetoelastic Waves in Ferromagnetic Thin Films Mediated by Dipolar Interactions
Institute of Science Tokyo（东京科学大学）；The University of Tokyo（东京大学）；NTT, Inc.（日本电报电话公司）；Japan Atomic Energy Agency（日本原子能研究开发机构）；RIKEN（理化学研究所）；Hiroshima University（广岛大学）
The dynamics of magnetic skyrmion driven by spin-polarized current is theoretically studied in the chiral ferromagnetic film with spatially modulated Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction. Three cases including linear, sinusoidal, and periodic rectangular modulations have been considered, where the increase, decrease, and the periodic modification of the size and velocity of the skyrmion have been observed in the microscopic simulations. These phenomena are well explained by the Thiele equation, where an effective force on the skyrmion is induced by the inhomogeneous Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interact…
We theoretically show that the three-dimensional (3D) topological insulator (TI)/thin-film ferromagnetic metal (FMM) bilayer structure is possible to be a quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) insulator with a wide global band gap. Studying the band structure and the weight distributions of eigenstates, we demonstrate that the attachment of a metallic thin-film on the 3DTI can shift the topologically non-trivial state into the metal layers due to the hybridization of bands around the original Dirac point. By introducing the magnetic exchange interaction in the thin-film layers, we compute the anomalous…
We derive viscous forces for vortices in a thin-film ferromagnet. The viscous force acting on vortex $i$ is a linear superposition $\mathbf F_i = - \sum_{j} \hat{D}_{ij} \mathbf V_j$, where $\mathbf V_j$ is the velocity of vortex $j$. Thanks to the long-range nature of vortices, the mutual drag tensor $\hat{D}_{ij}$ is comparable in magnitude to the coefficient of self-drag $D_{ii}$.
Spatial distribution of temperature modulation due to anomalous Ettingshausen effect (AEE) is visualized in a ferromagnetic FePt thin film with in-plane and out-of-plane magnetizations using the lock-in thermography technique. Comparing the AEE of FePt with the spin Peltier effect (SPE) of a Pt / yttrium iron garnet junction provides direct evidence of different symmetries of AEE and SPE. Our experiments and numerical calculations reveal that the distribution of heat sources induced by AEE strongly depends on the direction of magnetization, leading to the remarkable different temperature profi…
Spin currents have been shown to play a key role in the ultrafast laser-driven demagnetization process in ferromagnetic thin films. Here, we show that an oscillating spin current can be generated in the film via the application of a femtosecond laser pulse in the visible range. In particular, we prove that the spin current is due to ballistic electrons traveling back and forth in the film. The dependence of the current intensity on the driving electric field is also investigated.
We present a refinement of the widely accepted spin-wave spectrum that Kalinikos and Slavin computed for magnetic films with an in-plane magnetization (1986). The spin wave spectrum that follows from the diagonal approximation in this theory becomes inaccurate for relatively thick films, as has already been noted by Kreisel et al. (2009). Rather than solving an integrodifferential equation which follows from the magnetostatic Green's function, as done by Kalinikos and Slavin, we impose the exchange and magnetostatic boundary conditions on bulk spin-wave solutions. This boundary problem has an …
We theoretically investigate the interlayer dipolar and exchange couplings for an array of metallic magnetic nanowires grown on top of an extended ultrathin yttrium iron garnet film. The calculated interlayer dipolar coupling agrees with observed anticrossings [Chen \emph{et al.}, Phys. Rev. Lett. \textbf{120}, 217202 (2018)], concluding that the interlayer exchange coupling is suppressed by a spacer layer between the nanowires and film. The Kittel mode in the nanowire array couples chirally to spin waves in the film, even though Damon-Eshbach surface modes do not exist. The chirality is suppr…
Economical solar energy conversion to electricity can be boosted by the discovery of fundamentally new photovoltaic mechanism, and a suitable system to realize it with commonly available materials like iron (Fe) and nickel (Ni). This paper reports the observation of photovoltaic effect on a molecular spintronics device, composed of magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) and organometallic molecular clusters (OMCs). A prefabricated MTJ with exposed side edges, after enabling the bridging of OMC channels between its two ferromagnetic films, exhibited following phenomenon (i) dramatic increase in exchang…
We study the ultrafast demagnetization of Ni/NiMn and Co/NiMn ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic bilayer systems after excitation by a laser pulse. We probe the ferromagnetic order of Ni and Co using magnetic circular dichroism in time-resolved pump--probe resonant X-ray reflectivity. Tuning the sample temperature across the antiferromagnetic ordering temperature of the NiMn layer allows to investigate effects induced by the magnetic order of the latter. The presence of antiferromagnetic order in NiMn speeds up the demagnetization of the ferromagnetic layer, which is attributed to bidirectional l…
We present an approach enabling generation of narrow spin wave beams in thin homogeneous ferromagnetic films. The main idea is to match the wave vector of the spin wave with that corresponding to the spectral maximum of the exciting microwave magnetic field only locally, in the region of space from which the beam should be launched. We show that this can be achieved with the aid of a properly designed coplanar waveguide transducer generating a nonuniform microwave magnetic field. The resulting two-dimensional spin wave beams obtained in micromagnetic simulations propagate over distances of sev…
The solution of third order perturbed Heisenberg Hamiltonian of simple cubic ferromagnetic ultra-thin films with three layers were found. All the magnetic energy parameters such as spin exchange interaction, magnetic dipole interaction, second order magnetic anisotropy, fourth order magnetic anisotropy, applied magnetic field, demagnetization factor and stress induced anisotropy were included in the third order perturbed Heisenberg Hamiltonian. 3-D plots of stress induced anisotropy, out of plane magnetic field, demagnetization factor and spin exchange interaction are presented in this manuscr…
We show that the magnetic field produced by a chiral ferromagnetic film can be applied to control ultracold atoms. The film will act as a magnetic mirror or a reflection grating for ultracold atoms when it is in the helical phase or the skyrmion crystal phase respectively. By applying a bias magnetic field and a time-dependent magnetic field, one-dimensional or two-dimensional magnetic lattices including honeycomb, Kagome, triangular types can be created to trap the ultracold atoms. We have also discussed the trapping height, potential barrier, trapping frequency, and Majorana loss rate for ea…
A fully self-consistent model for the excitation and reception of magnetostatic surface waves in thin ferromagnetic films by a set of coplanar antennas was developed and implemented numerically. The model assumes that the ferromagnetic film is highly conducting and is interfaced with non-magnetic metallic films, but is also suitable for modeling magneto-insulating films. Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy and Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction can be included at both interfaces of the ferromagnetic layer. The model calculates the coupling impedances between the different strips constituting the …
In this paper, by the use of the topological current theory, the topological structures and the dynamic processes in thin-film ferromagnetic systems are investigated directly from viewpoint of topology. It is found that the topological charge of a thin-film ferromagnetic system can be changed by annihilation or creation processes of opposite polarized vortex-antivortex pairs taking place at space-time singularities of the normalized magnetization vector field of the system, the variation of the topological charge is integer and can further be expressed in terms of the Hopf indices and Brouwer …
We report on propagating spin-wave spectroscopy measurements carried out on coplanar nano-antenna devices made from a Si/SiO$_2$/Ru(5nm)/Co(20)/Pt(5nm) film. The measurements were analyzed in detail by employing newly developed theoretical modeling and de-embedding procedures. The magnetic parameters of the film were determined by complementary Brillouin light scattering and ferromagnetic resonance measurements. The propagating spin wave signals could be accounted for quantitatively for the range of externally applied magnetic fields investigated in this study: 130-1500 Oe.
