Magnetic properties of spin waves in thin yttrium iron garnet films

A. Talalaevskij; M. Decker; J. Stigloher; A. Mitra; H. S. Körner; O. Cespedes; C. H. Back; B. J. Hickey

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.95.064409

Magnetic properties of spin waves in thin yttrium iron garnet films

A. Talalaevskij, M. Decker, J. Stigloher, A. Mitra, H. S. Körner, O. Cespedes, C. H. Back, B. J. Hickey

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We report spin wave propagation experiments in thin yttrium iron garnet (YIG) films. Using time-resolved scanning Kerr microscopy we extract the mode structure of the spin waves. For quasi-single-mode excitation, the spin wave decay can be fitted with a damped harmonic oscillator function providing us with information about the attenuation length. We measure values of about 2.7 and 3.6 μm for the spin wave decay length of 38- and 49-nm-thick YIG samples, respectively. Micromagnetic simulations are performed to compare experimental and simulated modes. The data are in very good agreement with these simulations.

Original language	English
Article number	064409
Journal	Physical Review B
Volume	95
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.95.064409
State	Published - 10 Feb 2017
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