  Frequency mixing in ferrimagnetic resonators based on yttrium and calcium
vanadium iron garnets (YIG and CVBIG) is employed for studying their nonlinear
interactions. The ferrimagnetic Kittel mode is driven by applying a pump tone
at a frequency close to resonance. We explore two nonlinear frequency mixing
configurations. In the first one, mixing between a transverse pump tone and an
added longitudinal weak signal is explored, and the experimental results are
compared with the predictions of the Landau-Zener-Stuckelberg model. In the
second one, intermodulation measurements are employed by mixing pump and signal
tones both in the transverse direction for studying a bifurcation between a
stable spiral and a stable node attractors. Our results are applicable for
developing sensitive signal receivers with high gain for both the radio
frequency and the microwave bands.
