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Hybrid coherent control of magnons in a ferromagnetic phononic resonator excited by laser pulses

Alexey V. Scherbakov1,*, Alex D. Carr2, Tetiana L. Linnik1,3, Serhii M. Kukhtaruk3, Andrew D. Armour2, Achim Nadzeyka4, Andrew W. Rushforth2, Andrey V. Akimov2, and Manfred Bayer1

  • 1Experimentelle Physik 2, Technische Universität Dortmund, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
  • 2School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
  • 3Department of Theoretical Physics, V. E. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, 03028 Kyiv, Ukraine
  • 4Raith GmbH, 44263 Dortmund, Germany

  • *alexey.shcherbakov@tu-dortmund.de
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Phys. Rev. Research 6, L012019 – Published 23 January, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.L012019

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We propose and demonstrate the concept of hybrid coherent control (CC) whereby a quantum or classical harmonic oscillator is excited by two excitations: one is quasiharmonic (i.e., harmonic with a finite lifetime) and the other is a pulsed broadband excitation. Depending on the phase relation between the two excitations, controlled by the detuning of the oscillator eigenfrequencies and the wave forms of the quasiharmonic and broadband excitations, it is possible to observe Fano-like spectra of the harmonic oscillator due to the interference of the two responses to the simultaneously acting excitations. Experimentally, as an example, the hybrid CC is implemented for magnons in a ferromagnetic grating where GHz coherent phonons act as the quasiharmonic excitation and the broadband impact arises from pulsed optical excitation followed by spin dynamics in the ferromagnetic nanostructure.

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Phys. Rev. Research 6, L012019– Published 23 January, 2024
  • Received 3 July 2023
  • Revised 15 November 2023
  • Accepted 22 November 2023
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