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Parametric frequency mixing in a magnetoelastically driven linear ferromagnetic-resonance oscillator

C. L. Chang, A. M. Lomonosov, J. Janusonis, V. S. Vlasov, V. V. Temnov, and R. I. Tobey
Phys. Rev. B 95, 060409(R) – Published 15 February 2017
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Abstract

We demonstrate the linear frequency conversion of ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) frequency by optically excited elastic waves in a thin metallic film on dielectric substrates. Time-resolved probing of the magnetization directly witnesses magnetoelastically driven parametric second-harmonic generation, sum- and difference-frequency mixing from two distinct frequencies, as well as excitation of parametric resonances. Starting from the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equations, we derive an analytical equation of an elastically driven (nonlinear) parametric oscillator and show that frequency mixing is dominated by the parametric modulation of the linear FMR oscillator.

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  • Received 10 October 2016
  • Revised 5 December 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.95.060409

©2017 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Nonlinear DynamicsCondensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

Authors & Affiliations

C. L. Chang1, A. M. Lomonosov2, J. Janusonis1, V. S. Vlasov3,4, V. V. Temnov3,5,*, and R. I. Tobey1,†

  • 1Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
  • 2LAUM CNRS 6613, Université du Maine, 72085 Le Mans cedex, France
  • 3IMMM CNRS 6283, Université du Maine, 72085 Le Mans cedex, France
  • 4Syktyvkar State University named after Pitirim Sorokin, 167001, Syktyvkar, Russia
  • 5Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Abteilung Physikalische Chemie, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany

  • *vasily.temnov@univ-lemans.fr
  • r.i.tobey@rug.nl

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Vol. 95, Iss. 6 — 1 February 2017

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