Parametric generation of propagating spin-waves in ultra thin yttrium iron garnet waveguides

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates the experimental generation of propagating spin-waves in ultra-thin yttrium iron garnet waveguides using parametric excitation, advancing integrated magnonics with nanoscale control.

Contribution

It introduces a method for direct excitation and amplification of nanometer-scale spin-waves in ultra-thin waveguides, supported by experiments, simulations, and analytical calculations.

Findings

First and second waveguide modes observed via Brillouin light scattering

Wave vector of spin-waves determined by micromagnetic simulations

Spin-wave radiation losses set the parametric instability threshold

Abstract

We present the experimental demonstration of the parallel parametric generation of spin-waves in a microscaled yttrium iron garnet waveguide with nanoscale thickness. Using Brillouin light scattering microscopy, we observe the excitation of the first and second waveguide modes generated by a stripline microwave pumping source. Micromagnetic simulations reveal the wave vector of the parametrically generated spin-waves. Based on analytical calculations, which are in excellent agreement with our experiments and simulations, we prove that the spin-wave radiation losses are the determinative term of the parametric instability threshold in this miniaturized system. The used method enables the direct excitation and amplification of nanometer spin-waves dominated by exchange interactions. Our results pave the way for integrated magnonics based on insulating nano-magnets.