Omnidirectional spinwave nanograting coupler

Luis Lizardi

Metamaterials
!

Photonic Crystals
! Light(photons)

Magnonic Crystals
! Spin Waves(magnons)

uNot be observed in the nature

uPeriodic patterning at the nanoscale
uControl!!

Magnonics and technology

!

Current semiconductor technology

! SW in cellular nonlinear networks

!

Low power consumption

Source of short-wavelength SW

Some magnonic grating couplers

Py nanowire(green) and CoFeB(blue)
1D Device

Py(green)
2D Device

Some magnonic grating couplers

Py thin film with Co nanodisks
BGC

CoFeB thin film with Py nanodisks

BGC

 and their specifications

Sin campo

Con campo

Evidence of grating-coupler
modes
! Angular dependence spin-wave spectroscopy and

back-folded dispersion relation

Evidence of grating-coupler
modes
!

Excitation spectrum I(k) of a BCG with a =800 nm in a

in-plane field.

Evidence of grating-coupler
modes
!

Isofrequency lines in reciprocal space(photonics v/s

SWs)
Kalinikos, B. A. & Slavin, A. N. Theory of dipole-exchange spin wave spectrum for
ferromagnetic films with mixed exchange boundary conditions. J. Phys. C Solid State Phys. 19,
70137033 (1986).

o Pronounced anisotropy for SW

o In-plane magnetic field H

Evidence of grating-coupler
modes
! Angular dependence of spin-wave dispersion relations

f(k)

SW emission in non highsymmetry directions

!

Multidirectional SW detection for different BGCs

SWs for perpendicular

magnetization
! 1.8 T applied perpendicular to the plane
! BGC with a = 800 nm
! Solid(dashed) arrows indicate resonance also seen in

in-plane (only in out-og-plane)

Proposed device in magnon

spintronic

Field dependent SW espectroscopy

and SEM image of a BGC

Conclusions and Questions

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The NG method can be directly integrated on a chip

Dont require electrical contacts to nanopillars

! Can generate plane wave with stable phase

! Works without restriction in both in-plane and out-of-

plane fields(compared with NOs)

The stable phase is relevant for operating CNNs