edited by G Srinivasan (Oakland Univ.) & A N Slavin (Oakland Univ.)

This review volume deals with recent advances in topics of importance to scientists and engineers involved in research and device development utilizing magnetic oxides and multilayers. The subject matter covered includes linear and nonlinear high frequency magnetic excitations and interaction between magnons and photons. In particular, this book contains detailed discussion on the detection of magnons by Brillouin light scattering and photothermal spectroscopy, interaction between spin waves and optical guided modes, microwave solitons, and spin wave instabilities. Recent advances in traditional characterization techniques such as ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic resonance, and in studies on magnetic order in noncrystalline oxides are also presented.

• Part I: Linear Microwave Processes in New Magnetic Materials:
  • High Frequency Excitations in Thin Magnetic Films (P Kaboš)
  • Submillimeter Spectroscopy of Antiferromagnetic Dielectrics. Rare-Earth Orthoferrites (A M Balbashov et al.)
  • Recent Advances in Studies on the Magnetic Structure of Noncrystalline Oxides (G Srinivasan)
  • Spectrum of Microwave Spin Waves in Magnetic Multilayers (B A Kalinikos & P A Kolodin)
  • Magnetic Resonance in Exchange-Coupled Multilayer Systems (Z-Y Zhang & P E Wigen)
• Part II: Nonstationary and Nonlinear Microwave Processes:
  • Propagation and Interaction of Magnetostatic Spin Waves in Planar Magnetic Structures with Non-Stationary Parameters (Y K Fetisov)
  • Size Effects in Parametric Excitation of Spin Waves in Ferrites (V B Cherepanov & A N Slavin)
  • Multistability of Parametrically Excited Spin Waves (G Wiese & H Benner)
• Part III: Interaction of Microwave Magnetic Excitations with Light:
  • Diffraction of Guided Light by Spin Waves in Ferromagnetic Films (A A Stashkevich)
  • Collinear Interaction of Optical Guided Modes with Microwave Spin Waves in Magnetic Films (D D Stancil & N Bilaniuk)
  • Brillouin Light Scattering from Dipole-Exchange Microwave Spin Waves in Magnetic Films (M G Cottam et al.)
  • Photothermal Characterization of Microwave Magnetic Excitations (O von Gelsau & J Pelzl)