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A V Sadovnikov1, A A Grachev2, S E Sheshukova2
1Laboratory "Metamaterials," Saratov State University, Saratov 410012, Russia and Kotel'nikov Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics, RAS, Moscow 125009, Russia.
Abstract:
We observe and explain theoretically strain-induced spin-wave routing in the bilateral composite multilayer. By means of Brillouin light scattering and microwave spectroscopy, we study the spin-wave transport across three adjacent magnonic stripes, which are strain coupled to a piezoelectric layer. The strain may effectively induce voltage-controlled dipolar spin-wave interactions. We experimentally demonstrate the basic features of the voltage-controlled spin-wave switching. We show that the spin-wave characteristics can be tuned with an electrical field due to piezoelectricity and magnetostriction of the piezolayer and layered composite and mechanical coupling between them. Our experimental observations agree with numerical calculations.
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