Spatiotemporal Magnonic Vortex Beams with Alternating Transverse Orbital Angular Momentum

Abstract: Recent theoretical and experimental studies revealed spatiotemporal photonic, and acoustic, vortex beams in open space. The spatiotemporal vortex beams carry orbital angular momentum perpendicular to the wave propagation direction. Here, we report spatiotemporal magnonic vortex beams in a confined geometry of a ferromagnetic nanostrip. The spatiotemporal magnonic vortex beam contains immobile phase dislocations and the wave propagates in a zigzag-like route. It is remarkable that the transverse orbital angular momentums, carried by the phase dislocations, are spatially alternating. Our findings are in sharp contrast to the photonic and acoustic counterparts, and open a new area in the study of spatiotemporal vortex beams.