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Brecht G. Simon, Samer Kurdi, Joris J. Carmiggelt, Michael Borst, Allard J. Katan, Toeno Van Der Sar*
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) magnetometry is a new technique for imaging spin waves in magnetic materials. It detects spin waves by their microwave magnetic stray fields, which decay evanescently on the scale of the spin-wavelength. Here, we use nanoscale control of a single-NV sensor as a wavelength filter to characterize frequency-degenerate spin waves excited by a microstrip in a thin-film magnetic insulator. With the NV probe in contact with the magnet, we observe an incoherent mixture of thermal and microwave-driven spin waves. By retracting the tip, we progressively suppress the small-wavelength modes until a single coherent mode emerges from the mixture. In-contact scans at low drive power surprisingly show occupation of the entire isofrequency contour of the two-dimensional spin-wave dispersion despite our one-dimensional microstrip geometry. Our distance-tunable filter sheds light on the spin-wave band occupation under microwave excitation and opens opportunities for imaging magnon condensates and other coherent spin-wave modes.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 9198-9204 |
Journal | Nano Letters |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 22 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Research output: Thesis › Dissertation (TU Delft)