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Snell's law for spin waves at a 90-degree domain wall

We report experimental observation of the refraction and re ection of propagating magnetostatic spin waves crossing a 90-degree domain wall (DW) in terms of time-resolved magneto-optical imaging. Due to the magnetization rotation across the 90-degree DW, the dispersion relation of magnetostatic spin waves rotates by 90 degrees, which results in the change in the propagation dynamics of spin waves in both sides of the DW. We observe the refraction and re ection of magnetosatatc spin waves at the 90-degree DW, and reveal their characteristics, such as negative refraction. The incident-angle dependence of the refraction angle is explained by the wavenumber conservation along the DW, same as the case of Snell's law for light.