Magnon, meet phonon: Magnetoelastic waves can drive magnetic bubbles through photoexcitation

(Phys.org)--Research in spintronics (short for spin transport electronics - the study of the electron's intrinsic spin and associated magnetic moment in solid-state devices) continues to be focused on methods for exercising precise control of magnetic domain walls, which are topological solitons (that is, phase defects in the spin alignment separating magnetic domains) separating magnetic domains. Moreover, spin momentum can be delivered to and exchanged with magnetic domain walls using magnons ...