2021/02/28 by Zhenyu Wang, H. Y. Yuan, Yunshan Cao +5
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies #Amplitude #Computational physics #Condensed matter physics #Ferromagnetism #Frequency comb #Laser #Magnon #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Nonlinear system #Optics #Photon #Photonic and Optical Devices #Physics #Quantum mechanics #Scattering #Skyrmion #Spintronics #cond-mat.mes-hall #physics.optics
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.127.037202
published as Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 037202 (2021) · 6 pages, 4 figures
arxiv created 2021/06/21 · openalex publication_date 2021/07/13 · arxiv updated 2021/07/14 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
An optical frequency comb consists of a set of discrete and equally spaced frequencies and has found wide applications in the synthesis over a broad range of spectral frequencies of electromagnetic waves and precise optical frequency metrology. Despite the analogies between magnons and photons in many aspects, the analog of an optical frequency comb in magnonic systems has not been reported. Here, we theoretically study the magnon-skyrmion interaction and find that a magnonic frequency comb (MFC) can be generated above a threshold driving amplitude, where the nonlinear scattering process involving three magnons prevails. The mode spacing of the MFC is equal to the breathing-mode frequency of the skyrmion and is thus tunable by either electric or magnetic means. The theoretical prediction is verified by micromagnetic simulations, and the essential physics can be generalized to a large class of magnetic solitons. Our findings open a new pathway to observe frequency comb structures in magnonic devices that may inspire the study of fundamental nonlinear physics in spintronic platforms in the future.