Quantum paradigm of the foldover magnetic resonance

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 11; no. 1; p. 7673
• Main Authors: Bunkov, Yu. M., Kuzmichev, A. N., Safin, T. R., Vetoshko, P. M., Belotelov, V. I., Tagirov, M. S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 07.04.2021; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 639/766/119/2791; 639/766/483; Approximation; Helium; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Yttrium
• ISSN: 2045-2322; 2045-2322
• DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-87196-w

The explosive development of quantum magnonics requires the consideration of several previously known effects from a new angle. In particular, taking into account the quantum behavior of magnons is essential at high excitations of the magnetic system, under the conditions of the so-called phenomenon of “foldover” (bi-stable) magnetic resonance. Previously, this effect was considered in the quasi-classical macrospin approximation. However, at large angles of magnetization precession, the magnon density exceeds the critical value for the formation of a magnon Bose condensate (mBEC). Naturally, this purely quantum phenomenon does not exist in the classical approximation. In addition, mBEC leads to superfluid transfer of magnetization, which suppresses the macroinhomogeneity of the samples. The experiments presented in the article show that quantum phenomena well describes the experimental results of nonlinear magnetic resonance in yttrium iron garnet. Thus, we remove the questions that arose earlier when considering this effect without taking into account quantum phenomena. This discovery paves the way for many quantum applications of supermagnonics, such as the magnetic Josephson effect, long-range spin transport, Q-bits, quantum logic, magnetic sensors, and others.