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Part I Magnonic Modes in Nanomagnets, Chaotic and Coherent Magnonic States |
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1 Spin-Wave Eigen-modes in a Normally Magnetized Nano-pillar |
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3 | (14) |
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3 | (2) |
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1.2 Identification of the Spin-Wave Modes |
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5 | (9) |
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1.2.1 Single Magnetic Disk |
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6 | (1) |
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1.2.2 Double Magnetic Disks |
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7 | (2) |
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1.2.3 Micromagnetic Simulations vs. Mechanical-FMR Experiments |
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9 | (5) |
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14 | (3) |
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14 | (3) |
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2 Bottom up Magnonics: Magnetization Dynamics of Individual Nanomagnets |
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17 | (12) |
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17 | (1) |
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2.2 Experimental Methods and Sample Details |
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18 | (2) |
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2.3 Results and Discussion |
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20 | (7) |
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27 | (2) |
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27 | (2) |
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3 Features of Chaotic Spin Waves in Magnetic Film Feedback Rings |
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29 | (10) |
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29 | (1) |
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30 | (2) |
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3.3 Frequency- and Time-Domain Signals |
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32 | (1) |
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32 | (1) |
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3.5 Tuning of Ambiguity Function Properties via Ring Gain |
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33 | (2) |
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3.6 Effects of Signal Duration on Ambiguity Function |
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35 | (1) |
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3.7 Cross Ambiguity Function |
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35 | (2) |
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37 | (2) |
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38 | (1) |
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4 Magnon Coherent States and Condensates |
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39 | (20) |
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39 | (2) |
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4.2 Coherent Magnon States |
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41 | (2) |
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4.3 Linear Excitation of Magnons by a Microwave Field |
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43 | (1) |
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4.4 Microwave Excitation of Parametric Magnons in Thin Films |
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44 | (2) |
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4.5 Bose-Einstein Condensation of a Microwave Driven Interacting Magnon Gas |
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46 | (7) |
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4.5.1 Dynamics of the Microwave Driven Magnon Gas in k Space |
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46 | (3) |
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4.5.2 Coherence of the Magnon Condensate |
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49 | (2) |
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4.5.3 Wavefunction of the Magnon Condensate |
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51 | (2) |
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53 | (6) |
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54 | (5) |
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Part II Probing and Manipulation of Magnons with Femtosecond Light and Polarized Electrons: Experiment and Simulations |
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5 The Role of Angular Momentum in Ultrafast Magnetization Dynamics |
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59 | (12) |
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59 | (1) |
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5.2 Precession in Ferrimagnetic Materials |
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60 | (3) |
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5.3 Laser-Induced Magnetization Reversal |
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63 | (1) |
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5.4 Transient Ferromagnetic State |
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64 | (4) |
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68 | (3) |
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69 | (2) |
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71 | (12) |
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71 | (2) |
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6.1.1 Spin-Wave Modes in a Thin Ferromagnetic Film |
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72 | (1) |
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6.2 Samples and Experiments |
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73 | (1) |
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6.2.1 Thin-Film Magnetization Dynamics |
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73 | (1) |
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6.3 Bloch-Like Modes in CoFeB Antidot Lattices |
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74 | (3) |
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6.3.1 Effects of Antidot-Lattice Symmetry |
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76 | (1) |
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6.4 Spin-Wave Spectra from Plane-Wave Calculations |
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77 | (1) |
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6.5 Localized Modes in Nickel Antidot Lattices |
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78 | (1) |
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6.6 Outlook: Magnonic Control over Spin Waves |
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79 | (4) |
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80 | (3) |
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7 Probing Magnons by Spin-Polarized Electrons |
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83 | (18) |
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83 | (1) |
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84 | (8) |
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85 | (1) |
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86 | (2) |
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7.2.3 Heisenberg Description of Magnons |
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88 | (1) |
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7.2.4 Spin Dependence of Electron Scattering |
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89 | (3) |
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7.3 Spin-Polarized Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy |
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92 | (2) |
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7.4 Recent Experimental Achievements |
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94 | (3) |
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7.4.1 Magnon Excitations in Ferromagnetic Thin Films |
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94 | (1) |
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7.4.2 Distinguishing Between Magnons and Phonons |
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95 | (2) |
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97 | (4) |
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97 | (4) |
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8 Micromagnetic Simulations in Magnonics |
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101 | (18) |
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101 | (1) |
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8.2 Real-Space-Time Domain Analysis: Magnonic Devices |
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102 | (3) |
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8.3 Real-Space-Frequency Domain Analysis: Magnonic Normal Modes |
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105 | (3) |
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8.4 Reciprocal-Space-Frequency Domain: Magnonic Dispersion and Scattering Parameters |
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108 | (4) |
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112 | (1) |
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8.6 Conclusions and Outlook |
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113 | (6) |
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114 | (5) |
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Part III Magnon Spintronics: Spin Currents, Spin Pumping and Magnonic Spin-Torque Devices |
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9 Spin Waves, Spin Currents and Spin Seebeck Effect |
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119 | (10) |
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119 | (1) |
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9.2 Local Picture of Thermal Spin Injection |
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120 | (3) |
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9.3 Magnon-Driven Spin Seebeck Effect |
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123 | (2) |
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9.4 Phonon-Drag Spin Seebeck Effect |
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125 | (2) |
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127 | (2) |
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127 | (2) |
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10 Spin Pumping at Ytrium Iron Garnet Interfaces |
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129 | (14) |
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129 | (1) |
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10.2 Theory of Spin Pumping |
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130 | (4) |
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10.2.1 Spin Transport by Spin Diffusion in a NM |
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132 | (2) |
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10.2.2 Spin Transport in the Presence of Paramagnons |
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134 | (1) |
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10.3 Experimental Results and Discussion |
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134 | (9) |
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134 | (1) |
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135 | (4) |
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139 | (1) |
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140 | (3) |
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11 Spin-Torque Microwave Detectors |
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143 | (20) |
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144 | (1) |
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11.2 Basic Physics of STT and TMR |
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145 | (1) |
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11.3 Small-Angle In-Plane Dynamical Regime of STMD Operation |
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146 | (9) |
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11.3.1 Analytical Theory of Noise Properties of a STMD in IP-Regime |
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147 | (6) |
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11.3.2 The Performance of a STMD in the Presence of Thermal Noise |
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153 | (2) |
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11.4 Large-Angle Out-of-Plane Dynamical Regime of STMD Operation |
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155 | (5) |
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11.4.1 Analytical Description of OOP-Regime |
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155 | (3) |
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11.4.2 Performance of a STMD in OOP-Regime |
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158 | (2) |
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160 | (3) |
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161 | (2) |
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12 Spin-Wave Emission from Spin-Torque Nano-Oscillators and Its Control by Microwave Pumping |
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163 | (14) |
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163 | (1) |
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12.2 Studied Samples and Their Electronic Characterization |
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164 | (2) |
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12.3 BLS Characterization of the Emitted Spin Waves |
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166 | (2) |
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12.4 Relationship Between the Emission Characteristics and the Spin-Wave Spectrum |
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168 | (2) |
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12.5 Nonlinear Frequency Conversion in STNO |
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170 | (2) |
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12.6 Effect of the Microwave Pumping on the Spin-Wave Emission Characteristics |
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172 | (1) |
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173 | (4) |
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174 | (3) |
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13 Nano-Contact Spin-Torque Oscillators as Magnonic Building Blocks |
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177 | (14) |
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177 | (2) |
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13.1.1 Magnonics and Magnonic Devices |
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177 | (1) |
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13.1.2 Spin-Transfer Torque |
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178 | (1) |
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178 | (1) |
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13.2 Fabrication of Nano-Contact STOs |
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179 | (1) |
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13.3 Spin Wave Dynamics in Nano-Contact STOs |
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180 | (3) |
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180 | (1) |
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13.3.2 Propagating Waves as Magnonic Signals |
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181 | (2) |
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13.4 Nano-Contact-Based Magnonic Building Blocks |
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183 | (2) |
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13.4.1 Spin Wave Injectors |
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183 | (1) |
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13.4.2 Spin Wave Manipulators |
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184 | (1) |
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13.4.3 Spin Wave Detectors |
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184 | (1) |
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185 | (6) |
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185 | (6) |
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Part IV Static and Dynamic Magnonic Crystals |
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14 Spin Waves in Artificial Crystals and Metamaterials Created from Nanopatterned Ni80Fe20 Antidot Lattices |
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191 | (14) |
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191 | (1) |
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14.2 Nanofabrication and All-Electrical Spin-Wave Spectroscopy |
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192 | (1) |
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14.3 Antidot Lattices in the Short Wavelength Limit: Bandgap Materials |
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193 | (5) |
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14.3.1 Large-Period Antidot Lattice: Forbidden Frequency Gaps due to Bragg Reflection |
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193 | (3) |
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14.3.2 Short-Period Antidot Lattice: Miniband Formation due to Coherent Coupling of Edge Modes |
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196 | (2) |
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14.4 Antidot Lattice in the Long Wavelength Limit: Effective-Media Concept |
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198 | (3) |
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14.4.1 Effective Magnetization of a Nanopatterned Antidot Lattice |
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198 | (1) |
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14.4.2 Transmission of Spin Waves Across the Boundary of an Antidot Lattice |
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199 | (2) |
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201 | (4) |
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201 | (4) |
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15 Spin Wave Band Structure in Two-Dimensional Magnonic Crystals |
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205 | (18) |
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206 | (1) |
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15.2 Sample Details and Experiment |
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207 | (1) |
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15.3 Theoretical Description: Dynamical Matrix Method Applied to 2D MCs |
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208 | (2) |
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15.4 Results and Discussion |
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210 | (9) |
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15.4.1 Sample #1: Bidimensional Array of Disks |
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210 | (3) |
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15.4.2 Sample #2: Bidimensional Array of Circular Holes |
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213 | (6) |
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219 | (4) |
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16 Normal Mode Theory for Magnonic Crystal Waveguide |
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223 | (20) |
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223 | (4) |
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16.2 Landau-Lifshitz Equation of Motion for Space Harmonics in Magnonic Crystal Waveguide |
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227 | (5) |
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16.3 General Dispersion Relation for Dipole-Exchange Spin Waves in Magnonic Crystal Waveguide |
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232 | (5) |
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16.4 Example of Theory Application |
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237 | (2) |
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239 | (4) |
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17 The Dynamic Magnonic Crystal: New Horizons in Artificial Crystal Based Signal Processing |
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243 | (16) |
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243 | (1) |
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17.2 The State-of-the-Art in Magnonic Crystal Science |
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244 | (1) |
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17.3 The Design of Dynamic Magnonic Crystals |
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245 | (2) |
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17.4 The Engineering of Dynamic Magnonic Crystal Characteristics |
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247 | (2) |
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17.5 A Signal See-Saw: Oscillatory Inter-modal Energy Exchange in the Dynamic Magnonic Crystal |
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249 | (3) |
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17.6 Frequency Conversion and Time Reversal in the Dynamic Magnonic Crystal |
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252 | (3) |
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255 | (4) |
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