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MA: Fachverband Magnetismus
MA 13: PhD Symposium: Magnon Plasmonics (with jDPG)
MA 13.14: Poster
Tuesday, April 1, 2014, 15:01–15:45, HSZ 04
Plasmonic and magnonic waveguide excitations in Ni81Fe19-Au bilayer microstructures investigated by means of photoemission spectroscopy and Brillouin light scattering spectroscopy — •Philip Thielen1,2, Markus Rollinger1, Pascal Melchior1, Thomas Meyer1, Björn Obry1, Burkard Hillebrands1, and Martin Aeschlimann1 — 1Physics Department and Research Center OPTIMAS, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany — 2Graduate School of Excellence Materials Science in Mainz, Kaiserslautern, Germany
The interaction between magnons and plasmons has been scarcely investigated up to now. In our contribution, we present a preliminary study on the excitation of magnons and plasmons in microstructured Ni81Fe19-Au bilayers. Here, 8-15 µm wide Ni81Fe19 stripes act as spin-wave waveguides. The magnonic excitation is induced through the Oersted field of a microwave current in a Cu antenna situated on top of the waveguides. By means of Brillouin light scattering, the excitation of magnons in these waveguides is observed. Additionally, Au nanostructures on top of the Ni81Fe19 stripes serve as plasmonic waveguides and resonators. The optical excitation of propagating as well as localized surface plasmons in those structures is observed by employing photoemission electron microscopy. These first investigations show a way to examine magnonic as well as plasmonic excitations in the same structure, providing a starting point to study their interaction.