2013/11/08 by Mahdi Jamali, Jae Hyun Kwon, Soo-Man Seo +2 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #cond-mat.mtrl-sci #cond-mat.mes-hall
paper · pdf · doi:10.1038/srep03160
published as Scientific Reports 3, Article number: 3160 (2013)
arxiv created 2013/11/08 · arxiv updated 2013/11/11
The utilization of spin waves as eigenmodes of the magnetization dynamics for information processing and communication has been widely explored recently due to its high operational speed with low power consumption and possible applications for quantum computations. Previous proposals of spin wave Mach-Zehnder devices were based on the spin wave phase, a delicate entity which can be easily disrupted. Here, we propose a complete logic system based on the spin wave amplitude utilizing the nonreciprocal spin wave behavior excited by microstrip antennas. The experimental data reveal that the nonreciprocity of magnetostatic surface spin wave can be tuned by the bias magnetic field. Furthermore, engineering of the device structure could result in a high nonreciprocity factor for spin wave logic applications.