ABSTRACT
The self-generation of single, fundamental, stable, spin-wave-envelope black and gray dark solitons has been realized for the first time. These solitons were generated from microwave magnetostatic surface waves (MSSWs) propagated in an in-plane magnetized yttrium iron garnet film MSSW delay line in a resonant ring. These fundamental dark solitons were made possible by a new and general filtering technique for a high gain nonlinear resonant ring. The amplitude and phase profiles together with the power spectra of the self-generated microwave pulses confirm their fundamental dark soliton nature.
ABSTRACT
Extremely narrow 2 ns wide microwave pulses are generated from nonlinear magnetostatic surface waves in yttrium iron garnet films. The shortest output pulse with the highest amplitude is achieved for input power levels of about 300 mW and a carrier frequency below 3.3 GHz. The results are explained within the model based on dipole exchange spin wave modes involved in three magnon processes. The characteristic time for these processes to develop, as estimated from the smallest fall time of output pulse, is 1 ns. The relevant modes are verified by Brillouin light scattering.
