Analysis of the collective behavior of a 10 by 10 array of Fe3O4 dots in a large micromagnetic simulation

We report a full (3D) micromagnetic simulation of a set of 100 ferrite (Fe3O4) cylindrical dots, arranged in a 10 by 10 square (planar) array of side 3.27μm, excited by an external in-plane magnetic field. The resulting power spectrum of magnetic excitations and the dynamical magnetization field at the resulting resonance modes were investigated. The absorption spectrum deviates considerably from that of a single particle reference simulation, presenting a mode-shifting and splitting effect. We found an inversion symmetry through the center of the array, in the sense that each particle and its inversion counterpart share approximately the same magnetization mode behavior. Magnonic designs aiming at synchronous or coherent tunings of spin-wave excitations at given spatially separated points within a regular square array may benefit from the new effects here described.

► Large detailed micromagnetic calculation meeting the necessary accuracy requirements. ► Mode-shifting and splitting of the reference resonance in the absorption spectrum. ► Collective magnetization behavior constrained by an inversion symmetry in the array.