NONLINEAR DYNAMICS OF PROPAGATING SPIN WAVES IN MAGNETIC FILMS

The following sections are included:

• INTRODUCTION

• SPECTRUM AND PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS OF DIPOLE-EXCHANGE SPIN WAVES IN MAGNETIC FILMS WITH PINNED SURFACE SPINS

• THEORETICAL DESCRIPTION OF NONLINEAR SPIN WAVE DYNAMICS IN MAGNETIC FILMS IN THE NON-DECAY SPECTRAL REGION

• MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES

• EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS

  • Pulsed regime. Spin wave envelope solitons

  • Continuous regime. Modulational instability of spin waves and transition to chaos

• NUMERICAL MODELING OF SPIN WAVE NONLINEAR DYNAMICS IN FILMS

  • Formation of spin wave envelope solitons

  • Modulational instability of spin waves and formation of a strange attractor

• CONCLUSION

• REFERENCES