Propagating spin-wave spectroscopy in a liquid-phase epitaxial nanometer-thick YIG film at millikelvin temperatures
/ Authors
Sebastian Knauer, Kristýna Davídková, David Schmoll, R. Serha, A. Voronov, Qi Wang, Roman V. Verba, O. Dobrovolskiy, Morris Lindner, T. Reimann
and 3 more authors
/ Abstract
Performing propagating spin-wave spectroscopy of thin films at millikelvin temperatures is the next step toward the realization of large-scale integrated magnonic circuits for quantum applications. Here, we demonstrate spin-wave propagation in a [Formula: see text]-thick yttrium-iron-garnet (YIG) film at temperatures down to [Formula: see text], using stripline nanoantennas deposited on YIG surface for electrical excitation and detection. The clear transmission characteristics over the distance of [Formula: see text] are measured and the extracted spin-wave group velocity and the YIG saturation magnetization agree well with the theoretical values. We show that the gadolinium-gallium-garnet (GGG) substrate influences the spin-wave propagation characteristics only for the applied magnetic fields beyond [Formula: see text], originating from a GGG magnetization up to [Formula: see text] at [Formula: see text]. Our results show that the developed fabrication and measurement methodologies enable the realization of integrated magnonic quantum nanotechnologies at millikelvin temperatures.
Journal: Journal of Applied Physics
DOI: 10.1063/5.0137437