| CPC H01P 1/218 (2013.01) [H01P 11/007 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims | 

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               1. A device, comprising: 
            a free-standing Yttrium Iron Garnet (YIG) film having first and second opposing surfaces; 
                a metal layer disposed on a first one of the first and second opposing surfaces of the YIG film to provide the YIG film with a metalized surface; and 
                a first transducer disposed on a second one of the first and second surfaces of the YIG film and configured to launch magnetostatic surface waves (MSSWs) on the second one of the first and second surfaces of the YIG film. 
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