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Nonreciprocal Spin Waves in Nanoscale Hybrid Néel–Bloch–Néel Domain Walls Detected by Scanning X‐Ray Microscopy in Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropic Fe/Gd Multilayers

Che, Ping  
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Deenen, Axel Johan Marie  
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Mucchietto, Andrea  
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August 4, 2025
Advanced Materials

Spin wave nonreciprocity is crucial for signal processing in magnonic circuits. Domain walls (DWs) have been suggested as channels for nonreciprocal spin waves (magnons) with directional‐dependent properties. However, the experimental investigations are challenging due to the low‐damping magnetic material with DWs demanded and the nanoscale length scales involved. In this study, scanning transmission X‐ray microscopy (STXM) is used to examine coherently‐excited magnons when propagating in hybrid Néel‐Bloch‐Néel DWs in amorphous Fe/Gd multilayers with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA). Well‐ordered lattices of stripe domains and DWs are created through the integration of Cobalt nanowire arrays. Their width is measured to be δDW = (60 ± 13) nm. Near 1 GHz magnons are detected with short wavelengths down to λ = (281 ± 44) nm which were channeled in the DWs. Consistent with micromagnetic simulations, the STXM data revealed a nonreciprocal magnon band structure inside the DWs. Bloch points are identified which disrupted the phase evolution of magnons and induced different λ adjacent to these topological defects. These observations provide direct evidence of nonreciprocal spin waves within hybrid Néel–Bloch–Néel DWs in PMA materials, serving as programmable waveguides in magnonic devices with directed information flow.

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research article
DOI
10.1002/adma.202508181
Author(s)
Che, Ping  

EPFL

Deenen, Axel Johan Marie  

EPFL

Mucchietto, Andrea  

EPFL

Gräfe, Joachim
Heigl, Michael
Baumgaertl, Korbinian  

EPFL

Weigand, Markus
Bechtel, Michael
Koraltan, Sabri
Schütz, Gisela
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Date Issued

2025-08-04

Publisher

Wiley

Published in
Advanced Materials
Article Number

e08181

Subjects

ferrimagnet

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x-ray magnetic circular dichroism

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magnonics

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domain wall

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spin wave

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non-reciprocity

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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LMGN  
FunderGrant Number

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung

197360 ; 171003

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

TRR80

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