We investigated the coherently excited propagating magnons in in-plane magnetized synthetic antiferromagnets using heterodyne-magneto-optical Kerr effect technique. Under the in-plane magnetic field to 45° away from the magnon propagation direction,… Click to show full abstract
We investigated the coherently excited propagating magnons in in-plane magnetized synthetic antiferromagnets using heterodyne-magneto-optical Kerr effect technique. Under the in-plane magnetic field to 45° away from the magnon propagation direction, we observed the mode splitting of magnon dispersion relation due to the magnon–magnon coupling between acoustic and optical magnon modes. The strong coupling with a cooperativity of 8.4 ± 1.3 is achieved for finite wavenumber. These results provide a deep understanding of the properties of coherently excited magnons in synthetic antiferromagnets, which will be helpful for designing advanced magnonic devices.
               
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