Strong Coupling between Propagating Spin Waves and Microwave Photons in a Superconducting Resonator.

Authors

Yi Li, Jinho Lim, Xingzhi Wang, Tomas Polakovic, Carissa Kiehl, Moojune Song, Phuoc Cao Van, Ralu Divan, Ulrich Welp, Charudatta Phatak, Jong-Ryul Jeong, Kab-Jin Kim, Jian-Min Zuo, Axel Hoffmann, Valentine Novosad

Published in

Physical review letters. Volume 137. Issue 11. Pages 116706. Sep 11, 2026.

Abstract

We demonstrate strong coupling between propagating spin-wave modes and microwave photons in superconducting resonator-magnetic thin film hybrid circuits. By fabricating the resonator directly on yttrium iron garnet thin films grown on rare-earth-free Y_{3}Sc_{2}Ga_{3}O_{12} substrates, we achieve strong coupling of both Damon-Eshbach and backward-volume spin-wave modes to the resonator, with coupling strengths exceeding both the magnon and photon damping rates. Furthermore, we observe nonreciprocal spin-wave radiation of the hybrid magnonic mode in the Damon-Eshbach configuration, highlighting the potential for incorporating intrinsic spin-wave nonreciprocity into hybrid magnonic systems. These results open new avenues for integrating spin-wave magnonics with cavity magnonics and for harnessing spin waves for potential applications in quantum information science.

PMID:
42789890
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