Short-wave magnons with multipole spin precession detected in the topological bands of a skyrmion lattice

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Main Authors: Che, Ping, Ciola, Riccardo, Garst, Markus, Kravchuk, Volodymyr, Baral, Priya R., Magrez, Arnaud, Berger, Helmuth, Schönenberger, Thomas, Rønnow, Henrik M., Grundler, Dirk
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author Che, Ping
Ciola, Riccardo
Garst, Markus
Kravchuk, Volodymyr
Baral, Priya R.
Magrez, Arnaud
Berger, Helmuth
Schönenberger, Thomas
Rønnow, Henrik M.
Grundler, Dirk
author_facet Che, Ping
Ciola, Riccardo
Garst, Markus
Kravchuk, Volodymyr
Baral, Priya R.
Magrez, Arnaud
Berger, Helmuth
Schönenberger, Thomas
Rønnow, Henrik M.
Grundler, Dirk
contents Topological magnon bands enable uni-directional edge transport without backscattering, enhancing the robustness of magnonic circuits and providing a novel platform for exploring quantum transport phenomena. Magnetic skyrmion lattices, in particular, host a manifold of topological magnon bands with multipole character and non-reciprocal dispersions. These modes have been explored already in the short and long wavelength limit, but previously employed techniques were unable to access intermediate wavelengths comparable to inter-skyrmion distances. Here, we report the detection of such magnons with wavevectors $|{\bf q}|\simeq 48$ rad $μ$m$^{-1}$ in the metastable skyrmion lattice phase of the bulk chiral magnet Cu$_2$OSeO$_3$ using Brillouin light scattering microscopy. Thanks to its high sensitivity and broad bandwidth various multipole excitation modes could be resolved over a wide magnetic field regime. Besides the known counterclockwise, breathing and clockwise modes with dipole character, quantitative comparison of frequencies and spectral weights to theoretical predictions enabled the additional identification of a quadrupole mode and, possibly, a sextupole mode. Our work highlights the potential of skyrmionic phases for the design of magnonic devices exploiting topological magnon states at GHz frequencies.
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spellingShingle Short-wave magnons with multipole spin precession detected in the topological bands of a skyrmion lattice
Che, Ping
Ciola, Riccardo
Garst, Markus
Kravchuk, Volodymyr
Baral, Priya R.
Magrez, Arnaud
Berger, Helmuth
Schönenberger, Thomas
Rønnow, Henrik M.
Grundler, Dirk
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Materials Science
Topological magnon bands enable uni-directional edge transport without backscattering, enhancing the robustness of magnonic circuits and providing a novel platform for exploring quantum transport phenomena. Magnetic skyrmion lattices, in particular, host a manifold of topological magnon bands with multipole character and non-reciprocal dispersions. These modes have been explored already in the short and long wavelength limit, but previously employed techniques were unable to access intermediate wavelengths comparable to inter-skyrmion distances. Here, we report the detection of such magnons with wavevectors $|{\bf q}|\simeq 48$ rad $μ$m$^{-1}$ in the metastable skyrmion lattice phase of the bulk chiral magnet Cu$_2$OSeO$_3$ using Brillouin light scattering microscopy. Thanks to its high sensitivity and broad bandwidth various multipole excitation modes could be resolved over a wide magnetic field regime. Besides the known counterclockwise, breathing and clockwise modes with dipole character, quantitative comparison of frequencies and spectral weights to theoretical predictions enabled the additional identification of a quadrupole mode and, possibly, a sextupole mode. Our work highlights the potential of skyrmionic phases for the design of magnonic devices exploiting topological magnon states at GHz frequencies.
title Short-wave magnons with multipole spin precession detected in the topological bands of a skyrmion lattice
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.14314