Spatiotemporal visualization of a surface acoustic wave coupled to magnons across a submillimeter-long sample by pulsed laser interferometry
arXiv:2312.07029 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.21.044047
Abstract
Surface acoustic waves (SAWs) coupled to magnons have attracted much attention because they allow for the long-range transport of magnetic information which cannot be achieved by magnon alone. We employed pulsed laser interferometry to visualize the entire spatiotemporal dynamics of a SAW that travels on a nickel (Ni) thin film and is coupled to magnons. It was possible to trace the coupling-induced amplitude reduction and phase shift that occurs as the SAW propagates over a distance of 0.4 mm. The observed changes are consistent with results obtained from conventional radio-frequency transmission measurements, which probe the total SAW absorption due to magnon--phonon coupling. This result verifies that our method can accurately capture the spatiotemporal dynamics of a SAW coupled to magnons across the entire length of the sample. Additionally, we validated our time-resolved profiles by comparing them with theoretical results that take the echo wave due to reflection into account. The impact of the echo wave is significant even when it has propagated over a distance on the order of millimeters. Our imaging results highlight the visualization of the long-range propagation of the SAW coupled to magnons and offer more information about the surface vibration profiles in such devices.
arXiv comment24 pages, 6 figures
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