The magnon energy band in a four-layer ferromagnetic superlattice is studied by using the linear spin-wave approach and Green's function technique. It is found that three modulated energy gaps exist in the magnon ...The magnon energy band in a four-layer ferromagnetic superlattice is studied by using the linear spin-wave approach and Green's function technique. It is found that three modulated energy gaps exist in the magnon energy band along Kx direction perpendicular to the superlattice plane. The spin quantum numbers and the interlayer exchange couplings all affect the three energy gaps. The magnon energy gaps of the four-layer ferromagnetic superlattice are different from those of the three-layer one. For the four-layer ferromagnetic superlattice, the disappearance of the magnon energy gaps Δω12, Δω23 and Δω34 all correlates with the symmetry of this system. The zero energy gap Δω23 correlates with the symmetry of interlayer exchange couplings, while the vanishing of the magnon energy gaps Δω12 and Δω34 corresponds to a translational symmetry of x-direction in the lattice. When the parameters of the system deviate from these symmetries, the three energy gaps will increase.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos 50331030, 10674139 and 10274087)the Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province, China (Grant No 20062040)
文摘The magnon energy band in a four-layer ferromagnetic superlattice is studied by using the linear spin-wave approach and Green's function technique. It is found that three modulated energy gaps exist in the magnon energy band along Kx direction perpendicular to the superlattice plane. The spin quantum numbers and the interlayer exchange couplings all affect the three energy gaps. The magnon energy gaps of the four-layer ferromagnetic superlattice are different from those of the three-layer one. For the four-layer ferromagnetic superlattice, the disappearance of the magnon energy gaps Δω12, Δω23 and Δω34 all correlates with the symmetry of this system. The zero energy gap Δω23 correlates with the symmetry of interlayer exchange couplings, while the vanishing of the magnon energy gaps Δω12 and Δω34 corresponds to a translational symmetry of x-direction in the lattice. When the parameters of the system deviate from these symmetries, the three energy gaps will increase.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81430085)the Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province(No.182300410321)the Technology Department Project of Henan Province(No.182102310249)~~
