STUDY OF FERRIMAGNETIC CRYSTALS BY PARALLEL PUMPING.

Abstract

A study of single-crystal ferrimagnetic crystals at microwave frequencies was conducted. The parallelpumping technique was used to experimentally measure spin-wave linewidth, magnetoelastic coupling constants, energy exchange constants, and phonon linewidths. The experiments were carried out at 300K, 194K, 77K, and 4.2K at X- and K-band frequencies. Four samples of pure, single-crystal yttrium iron garnet (one disk, and three spheres) were extensively investigated. Conditions for optimum detection sensitivity of spin-wave instability measurement are given and discussed. The theory of parallel pumping is explained and worked out in detail. Expressions are obtained for spin-wave and phonon linewidths, magnetoelastic constants and exchange constants in terms of experimentally measured quantities. A literature search was made for publications dealing with parallel-pumping phenomena. These articles (over 75) are abstracted for their contents relative to this investigation. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0613321

Entities

People

  • Frank A. Olson
  • James C. Sethares

Organizations

  • Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Crystals
  • Energy Transfer
  • Frequency
  • K Band
  • Microwave Frequency
  • Single Crystals
  • Spin Waves
  • Yttrium Iron Garnet

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics