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High spin-wave propagation length consistent with low damping in a metallic ferromagnet

  • Luis Flacke
  • , Lukas Liensberger
  • , Matthias Althammer
  • , Hans Huebl
  • , Stephan Geprägs
  • , Katrin Schultheiss
  • , Aleksandr Buzdakov
  • , Tobias Hula
  • , Helmut Schultheiss
  • , Eric R.J. Edwards
  • , Hans T. Nembach
  • , Justin M. Shaw
  • , Rudolf Gross
  • , Mathias Weiler

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Abstract

We report ultralow intrinsic magnetic damping in Co25Fe75 heterostructures, reaching the low 10-4 regime at room temperature. By using a broadband ferromagnetic resonance technique in out-of-plane geometry, we extracted the dynamic magnetic properties of several Co25Fe75-based heterostructures with varying ferromagnetic layer thicknesses. By measuring radiative damping and spin pumping effects, we found the intrinsic damping of a 26 nm thick sample to be α 0 3.18 × 10 - 4. Furthermore, using Brillouin light scattering microscopy, we measured spin-wave propagation lengths of up to (21 ± 1) μm in a 26 nm thick Co25Fe75 heterostructure at room temperature, which is in excellent agreement with the measured damping.

Original languageEnglish
Article number122402
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume115
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 16 Sep 2019

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