Journal
NANO LETTERS
Volume 20, Issue 10, Pages 7281-7286Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c02645
Keywords
magnonics; nanomagnetism; spin waves; magnetization dynamics; microwave transducer; grating coupler
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- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) [163016, 171003]
- Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany [05K18EYA]
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On-chip signal processing at microwave frequencies is key for modern mobile communication. When one aims at small footprints, low power consumption, reprogrammable filters, and delay lines, magnons in low-damping ferrimagnets offer great promise. Ferromagnetic grating couplers have been reported to be specifically useful as microwave-to-magnon transducers. However, their interconversion efficiency is unknown and real-space measurements of the emitted magnon wavelengths have not yet been accomplished. Here, we image with subwavelength spatial resolution the magnon emission process into ferrimagnetic yttrium iron garnet (YIG) at frequencies up to 8 GHz. We evidence propagating magnons of a wavelength of 98.7 nm underneath the gratings, which enter the YIG without a phase jump. Counterintuitively, the magnons exhibit an even increased amplitude in YIG, which is unexpected and due to a further wavelength conversion process. Our results are of key importance for magnonic components, which efficiently control microwave signals on the nanoscale.
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