Investigation of the rise time and damping of spin excitations in Ni{sub 81}Fe{sub 19} thin films
The rise and damping of spin excitations in three Ni{sub 81}Fe{sub 19} films of thickness 50, 500, and 5000 Aa have been studied with an optical pump{endash}probe technique in which the sample is pumped with an optically triggered magnetic field pulse. The motion of the magnetization was described by the uniform mode solution of the Landau{endash}Lifshitz{endash}Gilbert equation. The rise time of the pulsed field within the film was smallest in the 50 Aa sample and was generally greater when the pulsed field was perpendicular to the film plane. The damping constant was smallest in the 500 Aa sample. The variations in the rise time and damping are attributed to the presence of eddy currents and structural disorder in the films. Under certain excitation conditions a second mode was observed in the 5000 Aa sample which we believe to be a magnetostatic surface mode. {copyright} 2001 American Institute of Physics.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- (US)
- OSTI ID:
- 40203841
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 89, Issue 11; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.1357142; Othernumber: JAPIAU000089000011006692000001; 294111MMM; PBD: 1 Jun 2001; ISSN 0021-8979
- Publisher:
- The American Physical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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