Spin Waves - Prabhakar, Anil

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Résumé :
Introduces magnetism and discusses magnetic properties of materials, magnetic moments of atoms and ions, and the elements important to magnetism Covers magnetic susceptibilities and electromagnetic waves in anisotropic dispersive media among other topics Contains problems at the end of each chapter, many of which serve to expand or explain the material in the text Includes bibliographies for each chapter that give an entry to the research literature...

Sommaire:
to Magnetism.- Quantum Theory of Spin Waves.- Magnetic Susceptibilities.- Electromagnetic Waves in Anisotropic-Dispersive Media.- Magnetostatic Modes.- Propagation Characteristics and Excitation of Dipolar Spin Waves.- Variational Formulation for Magnetostatic Modes.- Optical-Spin Wave Interactions.- Nonlinear Interactions.- Novel Applications.

From the reviews: The book is a textbook on spin waves. It comprises 10 chapters (plus some mathematical appendices) which deal respectively with the physics of magnetism in magnetic insulators ... . The mathematical prerequisite is standard, and the book is quite suitable for graduate students. (Guy Jumarie, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1172, 2009) The present text is ... based on a fully quantum-mechanical treatment, includes extensive discussions of nonlinear interactions and solitonic excitations, and of course incorporates current applications. Within 330 pages, a careful reader has the opportunity to gain an impressive range of knowledge and understanding of spin waves, from the quantum-mechanical origins of macroscopic magnetism ... to the experimental tools to probe their properties and intriguing modern technological applications. ... Each chapter contains several problems and a useful list of references to the original publications. (Uwe C. Tauber, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2010 j)