Tunable magnon-photon coupling in a compensating ferrimagnet—from weak to strong coupling

We experimentally study the magnon-photon coupling in a system consisting of a compensating ferrimagnet gadolinium iron garnet (GdIG) and a three-dimensional microwave cavity. The temperature is varied in order to tune the GdIG magnetization and to observe the transition from the weak coupling regim...

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Published in:Applied physics letters 2017-03, Vol.110 (13)
Main Authors: Maier-Flaig, H., Harder, M., Klingler, S., Qiu, Z., Saitoh, E., Weiler, M., Geprägs, S., Gross, R., Goennenwein, S. T. B., Huebl, H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied physics
Coupling
Decay rate
Dependence
Ferrimagnetism
Gadolinium
Magnetization
Superconductors
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Summary:We experimentally study the magnon-photon coupling in a system consisting of a compensating ferrimagnet gadolinium iron garnet (GdIG) and a three-dimensional microwave cavity. The temperature is varied in order to tune the GdIG magnetization and to observe the transition from the weak coupling regime to the strong coupling regime. By measuring and modelling the complex reflection parameter of the system, the effective coupling rate g eff and the magnetization M eff of the sample are extracted. Comparing g eff with the magnon and the cavity decay rate, we conclude that the strong coupling regime is easily accessible using GdIG. We show that the effective coupling strength follows the predicted square root dependence on the magnetization.
ISSN:0003-6951
1077-3118
DOI:10.1063/1.4979409