Generation and Imaging of Magnetoacoustic Waves over Millimeter Distances

Phys Rev Lett. 2020 Apr 3;124(13):137202. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.137202.

Abstract

Using hybrid piezoelectric-magnetic systems we have generated large amplitude magnetization waves mediated by magnetoelasticity with up to 25 degrees variation in the magnetization orientation. We present direct imaging and quantification of both standing and propagating acoustomagnetic waves with different wavelengths, over large distances up to several millimeters in a nickel thin film.