We perform micromagnetic simulations to investigate the propagation of spin-wave beams through spin-wave optical elements. Despite spin-wave propagation in magnetic media being strongly anisotropic, we use axicons to excite spin-wave Bessel–Gaussian beams and gradient-index lenses to focus spin waves in analogy to conventional optics with light in isotropic media. Moreover, we demonstrate spin-wave Fourier optics using gradient-index lenses. Our results are valid for all three possible external magnetic field orientations and thus contribute to the growing field of spin-wave optics.
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