Nonlocal Coupling between Antiferromagnets and Ferromagnets in Cavities

Microwaves couple to magnetic moments in both ferromagnets and antiferromagnets. Although the magnons in ferromagnets and antiferromagnets radically differ, they can become hybridized via strong coupling to the same microwave mode in a cavity. The equilibrium configuration of the magnetic moments crucially governs the coupling between the different magnons, because the antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic magnons have opposite spins when their dispersion relations cross. We derive analytical expressions for the coupling strengths and find that the coupling between antiferromagnets and ferromagnets is comparable to the coupling between two ferromagnets. Our findings reveal a robust link between cavity spintronics with ferromagnets and antiferromagnets. *This work was supported by the Research Council of Norway through its Centres of Excellence funding scheme, Project No. 262633 “QuSpin” and Grant No. 239926 “Super Insulator Spintronics,” as well as by the European Research Council via Advanced Grant No. 669442 “Insulatronics.”