Twisted Magnon Frequency Comb and Penrose Superradiance

Zhenyu Wang, H. Y. Yuan, Yunshan Cao, and Peng Yan
Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 107203 – Published 31 August 2022
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Abstract

Quantization effects of the nonlinear magnon-vortex interaction in ferromagnetic nanodisks are studied. We show that the circular geometry twists the spin-wave fields with spiral phase dislocations carrying quantized orbital angular momentum (OAM). Meanwhile, the confluence and splitting scattering of twisted magnons off the gyrating vortex core (VC) generates a frequency comb consisting of discrete and equally spaced spectral lines, dubbed as twisted magnon frequency comb (TMFC). It is found that the mode spacing of the TMFC is equal to the gyration frequency of the VC and the OAM quantum numbers between adjacent spectral lines differ by one. By applying a magnetic field perpendicular to the plane of a thick nanodisk, we observe a magnonic Penrose superradiance inside the cone vortex state, which mimics the amplification of particles scattered from a rotating black hole. It is demonstrated that the higher-order modes of TMFC are significantly amplified while the lower-order ones are trapped within the VC gyrating orbit which manifests as the ergoregion. These results suggest a promising way to generate twisted magnons with large OAM and to drastically improve the flatness of the magnon comb.

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  • Received 4 April 2022
  • Revised 13 August 2022
  • Accepted 15 August 2022

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.107203

© 2022 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

Authors & Affiliations

Zhenyu Wang1, H. Y. Yuan2, Yunshan Cao1, and Peng Yan1,*

  • 1School of Electronic Science and Engineering and State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
  • 2Institute for Theoretical Physics, Utrecht University, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands

  • *Corresponding author. yan@uestc.edu.cn

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Vol. 129, Iss. 10 — 2 September 2022

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