Electrical generation and detection of spin waves in a quantum Hall ferromagnet

Journal article (2018)

Authors

Di S. Wei Harvard University
T. van der Sar Harvard University
S.H. Lee Harvard University
Kenji Watanabe National Institute for Materials Science
Takashi Taniguchi National Institute for Materials Science
Bertrand I. Halperin Harvard University
A. Yacoby Harvard University
Research Group
QN/vanderSarlab (AS) (TU Delft)
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Published Date

2018

Language

English

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Faculty

Applied Sciences

Department

QN/Quantum Nanoscience

Research Group

QN/vanderSarlab

Abstract

Spin waves are collective excitations of magnetic systems. An attractive setting for studying long-lived spin-wave physics is the quantum Hall (QH) ferromagnet, which forms spontaneously in clean two-dimensional electron systems at low temperature and in a perpendicular magnetic field.We used out-of-equilibrium occupation of QH edge channels in graphene to excite and detect spin waves in magnetically ordered QH states. Our experiments provide direct evidence for long-distance spin-wave propagation through different ferromagnetic phases in the N = 0 Landau level, as well as across the insulating canted antiferromagnetic phase. Our results will enable experimental investigation of the fundamental magnetic properties of these exotic two-dimensional electron systems.

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