Hannay angles in magnetic dynamics

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Abstract

We consider, within the framework developed by Hannay for classical integrable systems (Hannay, 1985), the geometric phases that occur in semi-classical magnetic dynamics. Such geometric phases are generically referred to as Hannay angles, and, in the context of magnetic dynamics, may arise as a result of both adiabatically-varying ellipticity and axis of magnetization precession. We elucidate both effects and their interplay for single-domain magnetic dynamics within a simple model with time-dependent anisotropies and external field. Subsequently, we consider spin waves and rederive, from our classical approach, some known results on what is commonly referred to as the magnon Berry phase. As an aside, these results are used to give an interpretation for geometric phases that occur in superfluids. Finally, we develop a Green's function formalism for elliptical magnons. Within this formalism, we consider magnon transport in a mesoscopic ring and show how it is influenced by interference effects that are tuned by the Hannay angle that results from a varying ellipticity. Our results may inform the field of magnonics that seeks to utilize spin waves in applications.

Original languageEnglish
Article number168010
Number of pages23
JournalAnnals of Physics
Volume412
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2020

Funding

It is a pleasure to thank Miguel Lammers for doing his bachelor research project on this topic, and Alexander Serga for discussions. This work is supported by the European Research Council via Consolidator Grant Number 725509 SPINBEYOND . RD is member of the D-ITP consortium, a program of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) that is funded by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW), Netherlands . Appendix

FundersFunder number
European Union's Horizon 2020 - Research and Innovation Framework Programme725509
European Union's Horizon 2020 - Research and Innovation Framework Programme
Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

    Keywords

    • Geometric phase
    • Magnetization dynamics
    • Magnonics
    • Magnons
    • Spin wave
    • Spintronics

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