Spin-wave localization on phasonic defects in one-dimensional magnonic quasicrystal

TL;DR

This study investigates how intentional structural disorder, specifically phasonic defects, affects the spin-wave spectrum and localization in one-dimensional magnonic Fibonacci quasicrystals, revealing the gradual loss of spectral features and mode localization.

Contribution

It introduces a theoretical analysis of the impact of phasonic defects on spin-wave spectra in 1D magnonic quasicrystals, highlighting the evolution of spectral gaps and mode localization with increasing disorder.

Findings

Gradual degradation of fractal spectra with disorder

Disappearance of van Hove singularities at gap edges

Modes moving into and closing the frequency gaps

Abstract

We report on the evolution of the spin-wave spectrum under structural disorder introduced intentionally into one-dimensional magnonic quasicrystal. We study theoretically a system composed of ferromagnetic strips arranged in a Fibonacci sequence. We considered several stages of disorder in the form of phasonic defects, where different rearrangements of strips are introduced. By transition from the quasiperiodic order towards disorder, we show a gradual degradation of spin-waves fractal spectra and closing of the frequency gaps. In particular, the phasonic defects lead to the disappearance of the van Hove singularities at the frequency gap edges by moving modes into the frequency gaps and appearing new modes inside the frequency gaps. These modes disperse and eventually can close the gap, with increasing disorder levels. The work reveals how the the presence of disorder modifies the intrinsic spin wave localization existing in undefected magnonic quasicrystals. The paper contributes to the knowledge of magnonic Fibonacci quasicrystals and opens the way to study of the phasonic defects in two-dimensional magnonic quasicrystals.