Using Green's function method, we study thermal transport properties of magnons transmitting through a magnetic nanowire at a certain temperature. In a small part of the nanowire in the middle,… Click to show full abstract
Using Green's function method, we study thermal transport properties of magnons transmitting through a magnetic nanowire at a certain temperature. In a small part of the nanowire in the middle, we are supposed to have two types of local and nonlocal magnon-phonon interactions. The self-energies for this part due to the other parts of the wire are analytically derived. First, we calculate the phonon mode-dependent magnon transmission coefficient in the classical canonical ensemble. Then, by taking an average of the phonon modes, we obtain the total magnon transmission coefficient and use it for computing magnon thermal conductance. We use the model to investigate four configurations of magnetic nanowires composed of ferromagnetic and/or antiferromagnetic parts. The results show that, when the scattering region has an antiferromagnetic alignment, the magnons transfer in the structure more weakly than for ferromagnetic alignment. There is a phonon-assisted mechanism for tunneling of magnons which are transmitted through the gap or between magnon quasifrequencies of the scattering region. Generally, in the same values for local and nonlocal strengths of magnon-phonon interaction, the nonlocal one has a greater effect on the magnonic thermal transport properties. We found the fitting functions in order to relate the macroscopic quantities of the magnon transmission coefficient and thermal conductivity to microscopic parameters of the strengths of the local and nonlocal magnon-phonon interaction.
               
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