Current-Controlled Magnon–Magnon Coupling in an On-Chip Cavity Resonator
Harnessing spin currents to control magnon dynamics enables new functionalities in magnonic devices. Here, we demonstrate current-controlled magnon-magnon coupling between cavity and boundary modes in an ultrathin film of Bi-doped yttrium iron garnet (BiYIG). Cavity modes emerge in a BiYIG region between two Pt nanostripes, where interfacial anisotropy modifies the magnon dispersion. These modes hybridize with boundary magnons confined within the Pt-capped BiYIG, resulting in an anticrossing gap. Modeling based on dipole-exchange spin-wave dispersion accurately reproduces the observed modes and their hybridization. Spin current injection via the spin Hall effect in a Pt nanostripe disrupts the cavity boundary conditions and suppresses both cavity modes and hybridization upon driving the system beyond the damping compensation threshold. Furthermore, tuning the microwave power applied to a microstrip antenna enables controlled detuning of the anticrossing gap. Our findings provide a platform for exploring spin current-magnon interactions and designing on-chip reconfigurable magnonic devices.
Authors
- William Legrand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1014-3174)
- Richard Schlitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5756-6716)
- Pietro Gambardella (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0031-9217)
- Hanchen Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5646-0493)
Institutions
- ETH Zurich (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nano Letters
- Published
- 2025-05-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c01746
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Magnetic properties of thin films
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.74
Funders
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
- Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
- China Scholarship Council