Metal thickness dependence on spin wave propagation in magnonic crystal using yttrium iron garnet

Abstract

Magnonic crystals (MCs) are key components for spin wave manipulation. MCs realized with periodically metallized surfaces have an advantage in ease of the fabrication, but the effect of the metal thickness has not been studied well. In this work, the metal thickness dependence on the transmission spectra of localized mode spin waves was investigated. The metal thickness over half of the skin depth was necessary to prevent strong attenuation of spin waves.