A GHz Operating CMOS Compatible ScAlN Based SAW Resonator Used for Surface Acoustic Waves/Spin Waves Coupling

ScAlN/Si, a CMOS compatible material, was used to manufacture GHz operating surface acoustic wave devices, targeting manipulation and control of spin waves via SAW devices. A thin ScAlN piezoelectric layer was deposited on high resistivity (111) oriented Silicon and two port SAW devices were process...

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Published in:IEEE electron device letters 2022-09, Vol.43 (9), p.1551-1554
Main Authors: Zdru, I., Nastase, C., Hess, L. N., Ciubotaru, F., Nicoloiu, A., Vasilache, D., Dekkers, M., Geilen, M., Ciornei, C., Boldeiu, G., Dinescu, A., Adelmann, C., Weiler, M., Pirro, P., Muller, A.
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Language:English
Subjects:
CMOS
Coupling
Couplings
Frequency modulation
magnetic field
Magnetic fields
Magnetic resonance
Magnetostriction
Magnons
Piezoelectricity
Propagation
Propagation modes
Rayleigh mode
Sc doped AlN
Sezawa mode
Silicon
spin waves
Surface acoustic wave devices
Surface acoustic waves
Temperature measurement
Transducers
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Summary:ScAlN/Si, a CMOS compatible material, was used to manufacture GHz operating surface acoustic wave devices, targeting manipulation and control of spin waves via SAW devices. A thin ScAlN piezoelectric layer was deposited on high resistivity (111) oriented Silicon and two port SAW devices were processed using advanced nanolithographic techniques. The Surface Acoustic Wave and Spin Wave coupling was performed via a thin magnetostrictive layer (Ni) placed between the SAWs interdigitated transducers. Both Rayleigh (4.67 GHz) and Sezawa (8.05 GHz) propagation modes could be observed. The amplitude of the S 21 parameter around the two resonances was measured for values of the magnetic field \mu _{0}\text{H} from −280 to +280 mT, at different angles ( \theta ) between the SAW propagation direction and the magnetic field direction. A maximum decrease of 2.54 dB occurred in S 21 for the Rayleigh mode at \mu _{\textbf {0}}\text{H} = −90 mT, and of 7.24 dB for the Sezawa mode at \mu _{0}\text{H} = −203 mT, both at \theta = 45°. These values were extracted from time gated processing of the frequency domain raw data. Nonreciprocity associated to the coupling was analyzed for the two propagation modes.
ISSN:0741-3106
1558-0563
DOI:10.1109/LED.2022.3196101