Unidirectional propagation of zero-momentum magnons
Ondřej Wojewoda, Jakub Holobrádek, Dominik Pavelka, Ekaterina Pribytova, Jakub Krčma, Jan Klíma, J. Panda, Jan Michalička, Tomáš Lednický, Andrii V. Chumak, Michal Urbánek
Abstract
We report on experimental observation of unidirectional propagation of zero-momentum magnons in synthetic antiferromagnet consisting of strained CoFeB/Ru/CoFeB trilayer. Inherent non-reciprocity of spin waves in synthetic antiferromagnets with uniaxial anisotropy results in smooth and monotonous dispersion relation around Gamma point, where the direction of the phase velocity is reversed, while the group velocity direction is conserved. The experimental observation of this phenomenon by intensity-, phase-, and time-resolved Brillouin light scattering microscopy is corroborated by analytical models and micromagnetic simulations.