Composition-tunable magnon-polaron anomalies in spin Seebeck effects in epitaxial Bix Y3-xFe5 O12 films

Takashi Kikkawa, Koichi Oyanagi, Tomosato Hioki, Masahiko Ishida, Zhiyong Qiu, Rafael Enrique Ramos Amigo, Yusuke Hashimoto, Eiji Saitoh

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Abstract

We have investigated hybridized magnon-phonon excitation (magnon polarons) in spin Seebeck effects (SSEs) in BixY3-xFe5O12 (BixY3-xIG; x=0, 0.5, and 0.9) films with Pt contact. We observed sharp peak structures in the magnetic field H dependence of the longitudinal SSE (LSSE) voltages, which appear when the phonon dispersions are tangential to the magnon dispersion curve in BixY3-xIG. By increasing the Bi amount x, the peak fields in the LSSE shift toward lower H values due to the reduction of the sound velocities in BixY3-xIG. We also measured the SSE in a nonlocal configuration and found that magnon-polaron anomalies appear with different signs and intensities. Our result shows composition-tunability of magnon-polaron anomalies and provides a clue to further unravel the physics of magnon-polaron SSEs.

Original languageEnglish
Article number104402
JournalPhysical Review Materials
Volume6
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022 Oct

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Materials Science(all)
  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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