Non-local magnon transport in the compensated ferrimagnet GdIG

2017/05/08 by Kathrin Ganzhorn, Ganzhorn, Kathrin, Tobias Wimmer +19
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) #cond-mat.mes-hall

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1705.02871

arxiv created 2017/05/08 · arxiv updated 2017/05/09

Abstract

We study the diffusive transport of magnons through the compensated ferrimagnetic insulator Gd3Fe5O12 (GdIG). The magnons are injected and detected electrically in a non-local measurement configuration via two parallel Pt strips deposited on top of the ferrimagnet. GdIG exhibits a rich magnon spectrum, with several thermally populated magnon bands at room temperature. We observe a strong temperature and field dependence of the non-local voltage in the detector strip. Just below the magnetization compensation temperature we find that the increasing magnetic field causes an unexpected enhancement of the non-local signal. A comparison with GdIG spin wave spectra obtained from atomistic modeling indicates that the thermal magnon population is important for understanding the non-local voltage signal.

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