Chaotic spin-wave solitons in magnetic film feedback rings.

Chaotic spin-wave solitons in magnetic film active feedback rings were observed for the first time. At some ring gain level, one observes the self-generation of a single spin-wave soliton pulse in the ring. When the pulse circulates in the ring, its amplitude varies chaotically with time.

Excitation of chaotic spin waves through modulational instability.

This Letter reports the first experimental demonstration of chaotic excitations through modulational instability for waves with a repulsive nonlinearity. The experiments were carried out for surface spin waves in a magnetic thin film strip in an active feedback ring configuration. At a low ring gain level, one observes the self-generation of one eigenmode.

Excitation of chaotic spin waves in magnetic film feedback rings through three-wave nonlinear interactions.

This Letter reports experimental results on the three-wave interactions of backward volume spin waves in a magnetic film and the excitation of chaotic waves through such interactions in a magnetic film-based active feedback ring. The three-wave interactions manifest themselves in the power saturation responses of spin waves, and the chaotic excitation manifests itself in chaotic waveforms and broad spectra. The fractal dimensions of the chaotic signals are finite and can be controlled by changing the ring gain.