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Optimizing Magnetic Force Microscopy Resolution and Sensitivity to Visualize Nanoscale Magnetic Domains
Published on: July 20, 2022
Imaging collective magnonic modes in 2D arrays of magnetic nanoelements
V V Kruglyak1, P S Keatley, A Neudert
1School of Physics, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4QL, United Kingdom. V.V.Kruglyak@exeter.ac.uk
Abstract:
We have used time resolved scanning Kerr microscopy to image collective spin wave modes within a 2D array of magnetic nanoelements. Long wavelength spin waves are confined within the array as if it was a continuous element of the same size but with effective material properties determined by the structure of the array and its constituent nanoelements. The array is an example of a magnonic metamaterial, the demonstration of which provides new opportunities within the emerging field of magnonics.
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