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Synthetic Antiferromagnets: Optically Inspired Nanomagnonics with Nonreciprocal Spin Waves in Synthetic Antiferromagnets (Adv. Mater. 9/2020)
Author(s) -
Albisetti Edoardo,
Tacchi Silvia,
Silvani Raffaele,
Scaramuzzi Giuseppe,
Finizio Simone,
Wintz Sebastian,
Rinaldi Christian,
Cantoni Matteo,
Raabe Jörg,
Carlotti Giovanni,
Bertacco Riccardo,
Riedo Elisa,
Petti Daniela
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.202070063
Subject(s) - spin wave , wavefront , materials science , spin (aerodynamics) , interference (communication) , computation , power (physics) , condensed matter physics , signal (programming language) , optics , optoelectronics , physics , quantum mechanics , ferromagnetism , computer science , programming language , thermodynamics , computer network , channel (broadcasting) , algorithm
Spin‐waves, propagating perturbations in the spin arrangement of magnetic materials, are promising candidates for low‐power computation and signal processing. In article number 1906439, Edoardo Albisetti, Elisa Riedo, Daniela Petti, and co‐workers demonstrate an optically inspired nanomagnonic platform using nanopatterned spin‐textures for launching spatially shaped wavefronts and generating multi‐beam interference patterns. They show that controlling spin‐waves in synthetic antiferromagnets makes a fundamental step toward optically inspired spin‐wave processing.