Resonant tunneling of spin-wave packets via quantized states in potential wells

Phys Rev Lett. 2007 Sep 21;99(12):127204. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.127204. Epub 2007 Sep 21.

Abstract

We have studied the tunneling of spin-wave pulses through a system of two closely situated potential barriers. The barriers represent two areas of inhomogeneity of the static magnetic field, where the existence of spin waves is forbidden. We show that for certain values of the spin-wave frequency corresponding to the quantized spin-wave states existing in the well formed between the barriers, the tunneling has a resonant character. As a result, transmission of spin-wave packets through the double-barrier structure is much more efficient than the sequent tunneling through two single barriers.