Lock-in thermographic measurements of spin wave interference in magnonic crystals
Ryo Iguchi a, Vitaliy I. Vasyuchka b, Burkard Hillebrands b, Ken-ichi Uchida a c
a National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan
b Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
c The University of Tokyo, 日本、〒153-0041 東京都目黒区駒場4丁目6−1 3号館南棟, 目黒区, Japan
Proceedings of Neuronics Conference 2025 (Neuronics25)
Tsukuba, Japan, 2025 June 17th - 20th
Organizers: Takashi Tsuchiya, Chu-Chen Chueh, Sabina Spiga and Jung-Yao Chen
Poster, Ryo Iguchi, 046
Publication date: 15th April 2025

Interference of spin waves is one of the key principles for neuromorphic computing. In this study, we explored spin-wave dynamics in a one-dimensional magnonic crystal (MC) by examining heat radiation from spin wave damping. We employed the lock-in thermography (LIT) technique to measure the heat generated by modulating the input microwave power that excites spin waves via a microwave antenna [1]. Our LIT measurements successfully resolved the heat source distributions within the MC, which has periodic grooves with sub-millimeter intervals, by increasing the lock-in frequency. Notably, the temperature distribution induced by spin-wave excitation varies significantly with the microwave frequency or wave number due to interference within the MC. We also compared the observed thermal profile with a calculation based on a one-dimensional transmission line approximation and found good agreement. These observations demonstrate the effectiveness of LIT in analyzing spin-wave dynamics in sub-millimeter MCs and highlight the method's applicability for developing spin-wave-based neuromorphic computing devices.

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