Observation of Magnetostatic Surface Spin Wave Solitons in Yttrium Iron Garnet Thin Film

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates the experimental observation of magnetostatic surface spin wave solitons in YIG thin films using advanced spectroscopy, revealing their origin, behavior, and potential for magnonic information processing.

Contribution

It provides the first direct observation and analysis of MSSW solitons, clarifying their origin and behavior in YIG thin films, advancing magnonic technology.

Findings

Observation of long-period MSSW soliton trains

Identification of the dipole gap mechanism as origin

Demonstration of soliton behavior and mode beating

Abstract

Magnetostatic surface spin wave (MSSW) solitons hold great promise for magnonic information processing, but their existence has long been debated. In this work, we resolve this issue by advanced time-resolved Brillouin light scattering (TR-BLS) spectroscopy. We observe long-period MSSW soliton trains in yttrium iron garnet (YIG) thin films by demonstrating their quasiparticle behavior, mode beating, and periodic modulations. We reveal that the MSSW soliton originates from the dipole gap mechanism with a unique comb-like frequency spectrum caused by the four-magnon process. By varying the microwave power, we find significant changes in soliton periods linked to the spin wave dispersion renormalization. Additionally, we report exotic transverse solitons across the YIG thickness. These findings deepen the understanding of nonlinear physics, and pave the way for spin-wave-soliton-based information technologies.