Low-impedance superconducting microwave resonators for strong coupling to small magnetic mode volumes

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Recent experiments on strongly coupled microwave and ferromagnetic resonance modes have focused on large volume bulk crystals such as yttrium iron garnet, typically of millimeter-scale dimensions.

• We extend these experiments to lower volumes of magnetic material by exploiting low-impedance lumped-element microwave resonators.
• The low impedance equates to a smaller magnetic mode volume, which allows us to couple to a smaller number of spins in the ferromagnet.
• Compared to previous experiments, we reduce the number of participating spins by two orders of magnitude, while maintaining the strength of the coupling rate.