39 research outputs found
Thermal conductance of thin film YIG determined using Bayesian statistics
Thin film YIG (YFeO) is a prototypical material for
experiments on thermally generated pure spin currents and the spin Seebeck
effect. The 3-omega method is an established technique to measure the
cross-plane thermal conductance of thin films, but can not be used in YIG/GGG
(GaGdO) systems in its standard form. We use two-dimensional
modeling of heat transport and introduce a technique based on Bayesian
statistics to evaluate measurement data taken from the 3-omega method. Our
analysis method allows us to study materials systems that have not been
accessible with the conventionally used 3-omega analysis. Temperature dependent
thermal conductance data of thin film YIG are of major importance for
experiments in the field of spin-caloritronics. Here we show data between room
temperature and 10 K for films covering a wide thickness range as well as the
magnetic field effect on the thermal conductance between 10 K and 50 K
Non-resonant wave front reversal of spin waves used for microwave signal processing
It is demonstrated that non-resonant wave front reversal (WFR) of spin-wave
pulses caused by pulsed parametric pumping can be effectively used for
microwave signal processing. When the frequency band of signal amplification by
pumping is narrower than the spectral width of the signal, the non-resonant WFR
can be used for the analysis of the signal spectrum. In the opposite case the
non-resonant WFR can be used for active (with amplification) filtering of the
input signal.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Field-induced transition from parallel to perpendicular parametric pumping for a microstrip transducer
Microstrip transducers used for the excitation of spin waves in magnetic
films possess two characteristic properties: high spatial localization of the
microwave magnetic field and the presence of field components parallel and
perpendicular to the bias field.
Here, the effects of these features on the process of parametric pumping are
presented. By microwave measurements of the spin-wave instability threshold a
transition from parallel pumping to perpendicular pumping at the critical field
with the minimal threshold is observed. This transition is
accompanied by a sharp threshold increase above the critical field due to the
spatial confinement of the pump region.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure
Room temperature and low-field resonant enhancement of spin Seebeck effect in partially compensated magnets
Resonant enhancement of spin Seebeck effect (SSE) due to phonons was recently
discovered in Y3Fe5O12 (YIG). This effect is explained by hybridization between
the magnon and phonon dispersions. However, this effect was observed at low
temperatures and high magnetic fields, limiting the scope for applications.
Here we report observation of phonon-resonant enhancement of SSE at room
temperature and low magnetic field. We observed in Lu2BiFe4GaO12 and
enhancement 700 % greater than that in a YIG film and at very low magnetic
fields around 10-1 T, almost one order of magnitude lower than that of YIG. The
result can be explained by the change in the magnon dispersion induced by
magnetic compensation due to the presence of non-magnetic ion substitutions.
Our study provides a way to tune the magnon response in a crystal by chemical
doping with potential applications for spintronic devices.Comment: 17 pages, 4 figure