Observation of spin-wave soliton fractals in magnetic film active feedback rings

Phys Rev Lett. 2006 May 12;96(18):187202. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.187202. Epub 2006 May 11.

Abstract

The manifestation of fractals in soliton dynamics has been observed for the first time. The experiment utilized self-generated spin-wave envelope solitons in a magnetic film based active feedback ring. At high ring gain, the soliton that circulates in the ring breathes in a fractal pattern. The corresponding power frequency spectrum shows a comb structure, with each peak in the comb having its own comb, and so on, to finer and finer scales.