Magnetostatic spin waves in two-dimensional periodic structures (Magnetophoton crystals)

Series of experiments are carried out to study the propagation of magnetostatic spin waves in ferromagnetic films containing 2D periodic structures formed by etched apertures. For spin waves, such films are analogous to photon crystals (namely, magnetophoton or magnon crystals). The spectra of waves transmitted through the structure display features associated with a change in the spin homogeneity due to etching or radiation loss, as well as with Bragg reflection effect or the emergence of forbidden gaps in the spectrum of propagating waves. (c) 2005 Pleiades Publishing, Inc.