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Enhanced gilbert damping in thin ferromagnetic films.

The precession of the magnetization of a ferromagnet is shown to transfer spins into adjacent normal metal layers. This "pumping" of spins slows down the precession corresponding to an enhanced Gilbert damping constant in the Landau-Lifshitz equation. The damping is expressed in terms of the scattering matrix of the ferromagnetic layer, which is accessible to model and first-principles calculat...

Ferromagnetic resonance and damping properties of CoFeB thin films as free layers in MgO-based magnetic tunnel junctions

Ferromagnetic resonance linewidth in thin films coupled to NiO

The out-of-plane angular dependence of the ferromagnetic resonance linewidth, ∆H, has been measured for thin magnetic films coupled to NiO and for uncoupled control films. In the control films, ∆H is described by nearly angle-independent damping parameters. In the NiO-coupled films, however, the damping was found to depend strongly on magnetization orientation, with linewidth values comparable ...

Ferromagnetic resonance force microscopy on microscopic cobalt single layer films

We report mechanical detection of ferromagnetic resonance ~FMR! signals from microscopic Co single layer thin films using a magnetic resonance force microscope ~MRFM!. Variations in the magnetic anisotropy field and the inhomogeneity of were clearly observed in the FMR spectra of microscopic Co thin films 500 and 1000 Å thick and ;403200 mm in lateral extent. This demonstrates the important pot...

Elastically driven ferromagnetic resonance in nickel thin films.

Surface acoustic waves (SAWs) in the GHz frequency range are exploited for the all-elastic excitation and detection of ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) in a ferromagnetic-ferroelectric (Ni/LiNbO(3)) hybrid device. We measure the SAW magnetotransmission at room temperature as a function of frequency, external magnetic field magnitude, and orientation. Our data are well described by a modified Landa...