Magnetostatic Waves and Their Application

1 Oscillations and Waves in Magnetically Ordered Matter.- 1.1 Magnetically ordered matter and its properties.- 1.2 Oscillation processes in ferromagnetic materials The Landau-Lifhitz equation Eigenoscillations of the magnetization vector.- 1.3 Forced oscillations of the magnetization vector High-frequency magnetic susceptibility Ferromagnetic resonance.- 1.4 Wave propagation in magnetized magnetic media.- 1.5 Basic equations and boundary conditions Magnetostatic approximation Walker’s equation.- 2 Electrodynamics of Magnetostatic Waves.- 2.1 The method of setting up the dispersion equations for MSW in multilayer structures.- 2.2 Summary of basic dispersion formulae for magnetostatic waves in layers.- 2.3 Forward volume magnetostatic waves.- 2.4 Backward volume magnetostatic waves.- 2.5 Surface magnetostatic waves.- 2.6 Excitation of magnetostatic waves.- 3 Anisotropy of Magnetostatic Waves.- 3.1 Magnetostatic wave propagation at an arbitrary angle with regard to the magnetic field.- 3.2 Group velocity and anisotropy of group velocity of magnetostatic waves.- 3.3 Accumulation of energy and energy flux of magnetostatic waves Anisotropy of MSW energy flux.- 4 Quasioptics of Magnetostatic Waves.- 4.1 Beams of magnetostatic waves Reflection and refraction of magnetostatic waves.- 4.2 Quasioptical analogues of MSW microwave elements.- 4.3 MSW beam propagation considering diffraction phenomena.- 5 Nonlinear Properties of Magnetostatic Waves.- 5.1 Behaviour of magnetic media in a strong high-frequency magnetic field.- 5.2 Parametric excitation (amplification) of magnetostatic waves in magnetic materials.- 5.3 Nonlinear losses in MSW propagation.- 5.4 Lines loaded by ferrite with an inverse dynamic nonlinearity.- 6 Magnetostatic Wave Spectroscopy.- 6.1 Physical methods ofinvestigation of magnetostatic waves.- 6.2 Optical methods of investigation of magnetic excitations.- 6.3 High-frequency methods of MSW investigation.- 6.4 Diagnostics of magnetic materials by means of MSW.- 6.5 The spin wave line width ?Hk and nonlinear processes.- 7 Ferromagnetic Material and MSW Element Technology.- 7.1 Garnets.- 7.2 Garnet technology.- 7.3 Preparation of MSW excitation, receiving and control elements.- 7.4 Permanent magnets and electromagnets.- 7.5 Thin film permanent magnets.- 7.6 Design procedure for circuits with permanent magnets.- 8 High-Frequency MSW Elements.- 8.1 Properties of the pass band and dispersion of MSW transmission lines.- 8.2 Delay lines.- 8.3 High-frequency MSW filters.- 8.4 MSW resonators and their properties.- 8.5 Optomagnetic MSW elements.- 8.6 Nonlinear MSW elements.- References.