In this project a microscopic description of the magnon-phonon coupling is rederived. This theory is then used to simulate the thermalization process between the spin and lattice system in NiO. It is argued that the Kusuya-LeCraw process (1 mg + 1 ph into 1 mg) cannot be the reason that the phononic and magnonic systems reach a thermal equilibrium. As a consequence a quasi-stable equilibrium, different from the thermal solution, is reached in less than 1 ps for NiO. Finally, the effect of applying an external magnetic field to the system, breaking the degeneracy between the magnons of opposite polarization, is studied.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-385931 |
| Date | January 2019 |
| Creators | Samuelsson, Niclas |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Materialteori, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för teknikvetenskaper |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | TVE-F ; 19006 |
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