Metallic ferromagnetic films with magnetic damping under 1.4 × 10-3
Abstract
Low-damping magnetic materials have been widely used in microwave and spintronic applications because of their low energy loss and high sensitivity. While the Gilbert damping constant can reach 10-4 to 10-5 in some insulating ferromagnets, metallic ferromagnets generally have larger damping due to magnon scattering by conduction electrons. Meanwhile, low-damping metallic ferromagnets are desired for charge-based spintronic devices. In this article, we report the growth of Co25Fe75 epitaxial films with excellent crystalline quality evident by the clear Laue oscillations and exceptionally narrow rocking curve in the X-ray diffraction scans as well as from scanning transmission electron microscopy. Remarkably, the Co25Fe75 epitaxial films exhibit a damping constant <1.4 × 10-3, which is comparable to the values for some high-quality Y3Fe5O12 films. This record low damping for metallic ferromagnets offers new opportunities for charge-based applications such as spin-transfer-torque-induced switching and magnetic oscillations.
- Authors:
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- The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States). Dept. of Physics
- The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States). Center for Electron Microscopy and Analysis and Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1429491
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-03ER46054; DMR-1507274; DMR-1420451
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nature Communications
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 8; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Ferromagnetism; Magnetic properties and materials; Spintronics; Surfaces; interfaces and thin films
Citation Formats
Lee, Aidan J., Brangham, Jack T., Cheng, Yang, White, Shane P., Ruane, William T., Esser, Bryan D., McComb, David W., Hammel, P. Chris, and Yang, Fengyuan. Metallic ferromagnetic films with magnetic damping under 1.4 × 10-3. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00332-x.
Lee, Aidan J., Brangham, Jack T., Cheng, Yang, White, Shane P., Ruane, William T., Esser, Bryan D., McComb, David W., Hammel, P. Chris, & Yang, Fengyuan. Metallic ferromagnetic films with magnetic damping under 1.4 × 10-3. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00332-x
Lee, Aidan J., Brangham, Jack T., Cheng, Yang, White, Shane P., Ruane, William T., Esser, Bryan D., McComb, David W., Hammel, P. Chris, and Yang, Fengyuan. Thu .
"Metallic ferromagnetic films with magnetic damping under 1.4 × 10-3". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00332-x. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1429491.
@article{osti_1429491,
title = {Metallic ferromagnetic films with magnetic damping under 1.4 × 10-3},
author = {Lee, Aidan J. and Brangham, Jack T. and Cheng, Yang and White, Shane P. and Ruane, William T. and Esser, Bryan D. and McComb, David W. and Hammel, P. Chris and Yang, Fengyuan},
abstractNote = {Low-damping magnetic materials have been widely used in microwave and spintronic applications because of their low energy loss and high sensitivity. While the Gilbert damping constant can reach 10-4 to 10-5 in some insulating ferromagnets, metallic ferromagnets generally have larger damping due to magnon scattering by conduction electrons. Meanwhile, low-damping metallic ferromagnets are desired for charge-based spintronic devices. In this article, we report the growth of Co25Fe75 epitaxial films with excellent crystalline quality evident by the clear Laue oscillations and exceptionally narrow rocking curve in the X-ray diffraction scans as well as from scanning transmission electron microscopy. Remarkably, the Co25Fe75 epitaxial films exhibit a damping constant <1.4 × 10-3, which is comparable to the values for some high-quality Y3Fe5O12 films. This record low damping for metallic ferromagnets offers new opportunities for charge-based applications such as spin-transfer-torque-induced switching and magnetic oscillations.},
doi = {10.1038/s41467-017-00332-x},
journal = {Nature Communications},
number = 1,
volume = 8,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Aug 10 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Thu Aug 10 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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