Russian Researchers Synthesize Ferromagnetic Films for Magnonics Applications

A team of Russian researchers has synthesized unique ferromagnetic films made of palladium and iron using the molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) method, according to the Institute of Physics and Technology (ITF).

"We have adapted molecular beam epitaxy technology to synthesize gradient magnetic thin films based on a ferromagnetic alloy of palladium and iron. The resulting films can be used to create magnonics devices that allow signals to be transmitted via spin waves," said Igor Golovchansky, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, and leading researcher at the ITF Centre for Advanced Methods of Mesophysics and Nanotechnology.

Golovchansky also noted that these new magnetic films have the potential for use in information processing devices, signal transmission, and sensor systems.

The research involved scientists from multiple institutions, including the Institute of Physics of Kazan Federal University (KFU), the E.K. Zavoy Kazan Institute of Physics and Technology of the Kazan Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Centre for Advanced Methods of Mesophysics and Nanotechnology of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT).