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G. A. Melkov

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Roadmap on Spin-Wave Computing

Magnonics is a field of science that addresses the physical properties of spin waves and utilizes them for data processing. Scalability down to atomic dimensions, operations in the GHz-to-THz frequency range, utilization of nonlinear and nonreciprocal phenomena, and compatibility with CMOS are just a few of many advantages offered by magnons. Although magnonics is still primarily positioned in the academic domain, the scientific and technological challenges of the field are being extensively investigated, and many proof-of-concept prototypes have already been realized in laboratories. This roadmap is a product of the collective work of many authors that covers versatile spin-wave computing approaches, conceptual building blocks, and underlying physical phenomena. In particular, the roadmap discusses the computation operations with Boolean digital data, unconventional approaches like neuromorphic computing, and the progress towards magnon-based quantum computing. The article is organized as a collection of sub-sections grouped into seven large thematic sections. Each sub-section is prepared by one or a group of authors and concludes with a brief description of the current challenges and the outlook of the further development of the research directions.

physics.app-ph

Supercurrent in a room temperature Bose-Einstein magnon condensate

We report evidence for the existence of a supercurrent of magnons in a magnon Bose-Einstein condensate prepared in a room temperature yttrium-iron-garnet magnetic film and subject to a thermal gradient. The magnon condensate is formed in a parametrically populated magnon gas, and its temporal evolution is studied by time-, frequency- and wavector-resolved Brillouin light scattering spectroscopy. It has been found that local heating in the focal point of a probing laser beam enhances the temporal decrease in the density of the freely evolving magnon condensate after the termination of the pumping pulse, but it does not alter the relaxation dynamics of the gaseous magnon phase. This phenomenon is understood as the appearance of a magnon supercurrent within the condensate due to a temperature- and, consequently, magnetisation-gradient induced phase gradient in the condensate wave function.

cond-mat.quant-gas

Spin-transfer torque based damping control of parametrically excited spin waves in a magnetic insulator

The damping of spin waves parametrically excited in the magnetic insulator Yttrium Iron Garnet (YIG) is controlled by a dc current passed through an adjacent normal-metal film. The experiment is performed on a macroscopically sized YIG(100nm)/Pt(10nm) bilayer of 4x2 mm^2 lateral dimensions. The spin-wave relaxation frequency is determined via the threshold of the parametric instability measured by Brillouin light scattering (BLS) spectroscopy. The application of a dc current to the Pt film leads to the formation of a spin-polarized electron current normal to the film plane due to the spin Hall effect (SHE). This spin current exerts a spin transfer torque (STT) in the YIG film and, thus, changes the spin-wave damping. Depending on the polarity of the applied dc current with respect to the magnetization direction, the damping can be increased or decreased. The magnitude of its variation is proportional to the applied current. A variation in the relaxation frequency of +/-7.5% is achieved for an applied dc current density of 5*10^10 A/m^2.

cond-mat.mes-hall

Stimulated Thermalization of a Parametrically Driven Magnon Gas as a Prerequisite for Bose-Einstein Magnon Condensation

Thermalization of a parametrically driven magnon gas leading to the formation of a Bose-Einstein condensate at the bottom of a spin-wave spectrum was studied by time- and wavevector-resolved Brillouin light scattering spectroscopy. It has been found that the condensation is preceded by the conversion of initially pumped magnons into a second group of frequency degenerated magnons, which appear due to parametrically stimulated scattering of the initial magnons to a short-wavelength spectral region. In contrast to the first magnon group, which wavevectors are orthogonal to the wavevectors of the magnons at the lowest energy states, the secondary magnons can effectively scatter to the bottom of the spectrum and condense there.

cond-mat.quant-gas

Non-resonant wave front reversal of spin waves used for microwave signal processing

It is demonstrated that non-resonant wave front reversal (WFR) of spin-wave pulses caused by pulsed parametric pumping can be effectively used for microwave signal processing. When the frequency band of signal amplification by pumping is narrower than the spectral width of the signal, the non-resonant WFR can be used for the analysis of the signal spectrum. In the opposite case the non-resonant WFR can be used for active (with amplification) filtering of the input signal.

cond-mat.other

Bose-Einstein condensation of magnons under incoherent pumping

Bose-Einstein condensation in a gas of magnons pumped by an incoherent pumping source is experimentally studied at room temperature. We demonstrate that the condensation can be achieved in a gas of bosons under conditions of incoherent pumping. Moreover, we show the critical transition point is almost independent of the frequency spectrum of the pumping source and is solely determined by the density of magnons. The electromagnetic power radiated by the magnon condensate was found to scale quadratically with the pumping power, which is in accordance with the theory of Bose-Einstein condensation in magnon gases.

cond-mat.other

Parametrically-stimulated recovery of a microwave signal using standing spin-wave modes of a magnetic film

The phenomenon of storage and parametrically-stimulated recovery of a microwave signal in a ferrite film has been studied both experimentally and theoretically. The microwave signal is stored in the form of standing spin-wave modes existing in the film due to its finite thickness. Signal recovery is performed by means of frequency-selective amplification of one of these standing modes by double- requency parametric pumping process. The time of recovery, as well as the duration and magnitude of the recovered signal, depend on the timing and amplitudes of both the input and pumping pulses. A mean-field theory of the recovery process based on the competitive interaction of the signal-induced standing spin-wave mode and thermal magnons with the parametric pumping field is developed and compared to the experimental data.

cond-mat.other

Microwave spectral analysis by means of non-resonant parametric recovery of spin-wave signals in a thin magnetic film

We report on the storage and non-resonant parametric recovery of microwave signals carried by a dipolar surface spin-wave pulse in a thin ferrimagnetic film. The information about the intensity of the spectral components of the signal within a narrow frequency band is saved due to the excitation of a dipolar-exchange standing spin-wave mode across the film thickness and is afterwards restored by means of parametric amplification of this mode. The intensity of the restored signal measured for varying shifts between the signal carrier frequency and half of the pumping frequency, which is equal to the frequency of the standing mode, reveals information about the entire frequency spectrum of the input microwave signal.

cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Excitation of self-localized spin-wave "bullets" by spin-polarized current in in-plane magnetized magnetic nano-contacts: a micromagnetic study

It was shown by micromagnetic simulation that a current-driven in-plane magnetized magnetic nano-contact, besides a quasi-linear propagating ("Slonczewski") spin wave mode, can also support a nonlinear self-localized spin wave "bullet" mode that exists in a much wider range of bias currents. The frequency of the "bullet" mode lies below the spectrum of linear propagating spin waves, which makes this mode evanescent and determines its spatial localization. The threshold current for the excitation of the self-localized "bullet" is substantially lower than for the linear propagating mode, but finite-amplitude initial perturbations of magnetization are necessary to generate a "bullet" in our numerical simulations, where thermal fluctuations are neglected. Consequently, in these simulations the hysteretic switching between the propagating and localized spin wave modes is found when the bias current is varied.

cond-mat.mtrl-sci