35 research outputs found
Ferromagnetic resonance study of polycrystalline Fe_{1-x}V_x alloy thin films
Ferromagnetic resonance has been used to study the magnetic properties and
magnetization dynamics of polycrystalline FeV alloy films with
. Films were produced by co-sputtering from separate Fe and V
targets, leading to a composition gradient across a Si substrate. FMR studies
were conducted at room temperature with a broadband coplanar waveguide at
frequencies up to 50 GHz using the flip-chip method. The effective
demagnetization field and the Gilbert damping
parameter have been determined as a function of V concentration. The
results are compared to those of epitaxial FeV films
Spin-torque driven ferromagnetic resonance of Co/Ni synthetic layers in spin valves
Spin-torque driven ferromagnetic resonance (ST-FMR) is used to study thin
Co/Ni synthetic layers with perpendicular anisotropy confined in spin-valve
based nanojunctions. Field swept ST-FMR measurements were conducted with a
magnetic field applied perpendicular to the layer surface. The resonance lines
were measured under low amplitude rf excitation, from 1 to 20 GHz. These
results are compared with those obtained using conventional rf field driven FMR
on extended films with the same Co/Ni layer structure. The layers confined in
spin valves have a lower resonance field, a narrower resonance linewidth and
approximately the same linewidth vs frequency slope, implying the same damping
parameter. The critical current for magnetic excitations is determined from
measurements of the resonance linewidth vs dc current and is in accord with the
one determined from I-V measurements.Comment: 3 pages, 3 figure
Ferromagnetic resonance linewidth in ultrathin films with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy
Transition metal ferromagnetic films with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy
(PMA) have ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) linewidths that are one order of
magnitude larger than soft magnetic materials, such as pure iron (Fe) and
permalloy (NiFe) thin films. A broadband FMR setup has been used to investigate
the origin of the enhanced linewidth in NiCo multilayer films with PMA. The
FMR linewidth depends linearly on frequency for perpendicular applied fields
and increases significantly when the magnetization is rotated into the film
plane. Irradiation of the film with Helium ions decreases the PMA and the
distribution of PMA parameters. This leads to a great reduction of the FMR
linewidth for in-plane magnetization. These results suggest that fluctuations
in PMA lead to a large two magnon scattering contribution to the linewidth for
in-plane magnetization and establish that the Gilbert damping is enhanced in
such materials (, compared to for
pure Fe)
Engineering coercivity in epitaxially grown (110) films of DyFe2-YFe2 superlattices
Molecular beam epitaxial methods have been used to grow single crystal Laves phase DyFe2-YFe2 superlattice samples with a (110) growth direction. It is shown that it is possible, in principle, to engineer a desired coercivity between the limits KDyFe2≤K≤∞. This can be achieved by adjusting the relative thickness of the individual DyFe2 and YFe2 layers, in multilayer films This novel feature is illustrated, using the superlattice films [x Å DyFe2/(100-x) Å YFe2] × 40, with x = 80, 60, 50, and 45. It is found that the measured coercivity is in semiquantitative agreement with a simple theoretical expression, for the nucleation fields in both bilayer and multilayer compounds. However, in practice, exchange spring penetration into the DyFe2 layers can set a limit to the maximum coercivity that can be achieved. © 2000 American Institute of Physics