Influence of photon-magnon coupling to enhance spin-wave excitation

TL;DR

This paper introduces a planar inverse split-ring resonator (ISRR) loaded with a Py film that significantly improves microwave-to-spin wave conversion efficiency through photon-magnon coupling, advancing magnonic circuit technology.

Contribution

The study demonstrates a novel ISRR-based antenna design that enhances conversion efficiency in weak photon-magnon coupling regimes, with potential for quantum technology applications.

Findings

Over fourfold improvement in conversion efficiency compared to microstrip lines

Effective in weak photon-magnon coupling regime with nanometer-thick Py film

Potential to reach strong coupling regime for quantum applications

Abstract

One of the main challenges in magnonics is the efficiency of the conversion of microwave signals into spin waves. This efficiency is low due to the significant mismatch between microwave and spin wave wavelengths in the GHz range $10^{-2}$ m and $10^{-8}$ m, respectively, leading to high energy consumption in magnonic circuits. To address this issue, we propose an approach based on a planar inverse split-ring resonator (ISRR) loaded with a nanometer-thick Py film and exploiting the photon-magnon coupling effect. Our numerical studies show that the ISRR-based antenna achieves more than a fourfold improvement in conversion efficiency compared to a conventional single microstrip transmission line at frequencies and bias magnetic fields around the anti-crossing frequency gap. This has been demonstrated in the weak photon-magnon coupling regime for the nanometer-thin permalloy film with micrometer lateral dimensions. Further optimization of the ISRR can help to achieve the strong coupling regime, making the system potentially useful for quantum technology. Our compact and efficient antenna design offers a significant advantage over standard microstrip lines, paving the way for scalable and powerful magnonic circuits for microwave signal processing.