The dependence of the velocity of surface acoustic wave (SAW) as a function of an external applied magnetic field is investigated in a Fe thin film epitaxially grown on a piezoelectric GaAs substrate. The SAW velocity is observed to strongly depend on both the amplitude and direction of the magnetic field. To interpret the experimental data a phenomenological approach to the relative change in SAW velocity is implemented. We find that the experimental velocity variation can be well reproduced provided that the spin wave dispersion is taken into account. The validity of this phenomenological model is attested by the comparison with a quasi-exact magnetoelastic one.
@article{arxiv.2203.10994,
title = {Impact of Spin Wave Dispersion on Surface Acoustic Wave Velocity},
author = {Pauline Rovillain and Jean-Yves Duquesne and Louis Christienne and Mahmoud Eddrief and Maria Gloria Pini and Angelo Rettori and Silvia Tacchi and Massimiliano Marangolo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.10994},
year = {2023}
}