Nonlinear magnetostatic surface waves in ferromagnetic films

Author

Boardman, A.D. ; Wang, Q. ; Nikitov, S.A. ; Shen, J. ; Chen, W. ; Mills, D. ; Bao, J.S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Pure & Appl. Phys., Salford Univ., UK

Volume

30

Issue

1

fYear

1994

fDate

1/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

14

Lastpage

22

Abstract

A comprehensive perturbation theory is presented, that enables the nonlinear wavenumber shift of magnetostatic surface waves (MSSW) on a thin ferromagnetic film to be calculated from first principles. The MSSW propagate, in this case, perpendicularly or obliquely to the applied magnetic field and their group-velocity dispersion is positive. Detailed calculations show that the nonlinear coefficient is also positive so that bright envelope solitons are forbidden. Nevertheless, nonlinear pulse shaping is possible so the use of the nonlinear Schrodinger equation is discussed in detail, together with the role of damping

Keywords

Schrodinger equation; ferromagnetism; magnetic surface phenomena; magnetic thin films; magnetostatic waves; perturbation theory; MSSW; damping; ferromagnetic films; first principles calculation; group-velocity dispersion; nonlinear Schrodinger equation; nonlinear coefficient; nonlinear magnetostatic surface waves; nonlinear pulse shaping; nonlinear wavenumber shift; perturbation theory; thin ferromagnetic film; Frequency; Magnetic fields; Magnetic films; Magnetization; Magnetostatic waves; Milling machines; Nonlinear equations; Physics; Solitons; Surface waves;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.272510

Filename

272510