Magnetic inertia induced spin-wave dispersion in two-sublattice ferromagnets (2509.06038v1)

Abstract: Magnetic inertial dynamics has recently been predicted and experimentally observed in two-sublattice ferromagnets such as CoFeB and NiFe permalloy. In this work, we investigate the spin-wave spectrum of such systems by incorporating the full magnetic inertia tensor. Decomposing the tensor into its symmetric and antisymmetric components allows us to identify isotropic, anisotropic, and chiral contributions to the magnetic inertia. Using linear spin-wave theory, we find that the spectrum consists of two precessional magnon bands and two inertial magnon bands. Remarkably, the upper precessional magnon band crosses the lower inertial magnon band within the Brillouin zone. We show that both cross-sublattice inertia and chiral inertia provide effective tuning knobs for these magnon band structures. Furthermore, our results reveal that the inertial spin-wave spectrum becomes nonreciprocal along directions where the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction is finite. On the other hand, a nonreciprocal spin-wave spectrum can also be engineered through chiral inertia, even in the absence of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction. These findings open avenues for engineering nonreciprocal magnonic devices and ultrafast spintronic applications through control of magnetic inertia.