Localization properties of bulk-dead and comb magnetostatic modes in Brillouin light scattering spectrum

Abstract: We show that magnetostatic modes with amplitude localized in different regions of the sample along the direction of the magnetic field occur in ferromagnetic stripes: bulk-dead modes, with amplitude localized in two regions and comb modes localized in its central part. We also demonstrate these localization properties can be studied by Brillouin light scattering techniques and applied in practice. Having established that the localization of these modes varies with their frequency, we use this finding as the basis of a trial reinterpretation of experimental results obtained by Demidov et al. [Appl. Phys. Lett. 92 (2008) 232503]. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]