Tunable Coupling, Topology, and Chirality by Antimagnons in Magnetic Multilayer

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates how antimagnons can be used to create tunable topological states, control spin-wave coupling and chirality, and design advanced magnetic multilayer devices with potential applications in low-power magnonic technology.

Contribution

It introduces a 2D-SSH4 model incorporating antimagnons to explain topological surface states and tunable spin-wave properties in magnetic multilayers.

Findings

Antimagnons fundamentally reorganize band topology.

Tunable spin-wave coupling and chirality via external fields.

Topological surface states share origin with magnetostatic surface spin waves.

Abstract

Realizing novel topological states in magnonic systems unlocks robust, low-power spin-wave devices. In this letter, we show that incorporating left-handed spin waves (antimagnons) fundamentally reorganizes band topology, and enables tunable spin-wave coupling and chirality. We proposed a two-dimensional Su-Schrieffer-Heeger like model, the 2D-SSH4 chain, where dipolar interactions between magnons and antimagnons generate topological bands with nonzero Chern numbers. This framework explains the origin of topological surface states in ferromagnetic multilayer and shows they share the same topological origin as classic magnetostatic surface spin waves. Our model also offers a straightforward framework for designing more complex magnetic multilayer connected by dipolar interactions, such as antiferromagnetic/ferromagnetic multilayer. In these dipolar-coupled multilayers, both coherent and dissipative interlayer spin-wave couplings together with the layer resolved chirality, are tunable via external magnetic fields and spin torques. Our results provide a practical platform for topological magnonics, enabling control of magnon chirality and coupling in future devices.