Nonlinear Radiation Damping of Nuclear Spin Waves and Magnetoelastic Waves in Antiferromagnets

TL;DR

This paper investigates nonlinear radiation damping in antiferromagnetic materials during parallel pumping of nuclear spin waves and magnetoelastic waves, revealing it as a fundamental restriction mechanism.

Contribution

It demonstrates that nonlinear radiation damping is a universal feature in the parallel pumping of magnetic excitations, supported by experimental evidence in two different antiferromagnets.

Findings

Absorbed microwave power equals irradiated power in experiments.

Nonlinear radiation damping limits absorption in magnetic excitations.

Damping mechanism predicted two decades ago is experimentally confirmed.

Abstract

Parallel pumping of nuclear spin waves in antiferromagnetic CsMnF3 at liquid helium temperatures and magnetoelastic waves in antiferromagnetic FeBO3 at liquid nitrogen temperature in a helical resonator was studied. It was found that the absorbed microwave power is approximately equal to the irradiated power from the sample and that the main restriction mechanism of absortption in both cases is defined by the nonlinear radiation damping predicted about two decades ago. We believe that the nonlinear radiation damping is a common feature of parallel pumping technique of all normal magnetic excitations and it can be detected by purposeful experiments.