Direct Detection of Multiple Backward Volume Modes in Yttrium Iron Garnet at Micron Scale Wavelengths

Affiliations

Jinho Lim: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
Wonbae Bang: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
Jonathan Trossman: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
Andreas Kreisel: Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Leipzig, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
Matthias Benjamin Jungfleisch: Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
Axel Hoffmann: Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
C. C. Tsai: Department of Engineering & Management of Advanced Technology, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan 71101, Taiwan
John B. Ketterson: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA

Abstract

Spinwave propagation in yttrium iron garnet (YIG) films has a long history [1] but has recently [...]