Using rf voltage induced ferromagnetic resonance to study the spin-wave density of states and the Gilbert damping in perpendicularly magnetized disks

Abstract

We study how the shape of the spinwave resonance lines in rf-voltage induced FMR can be used to extract the spinwave density of states and the damping within the precessing layer in nanoscale tunnel junctions that possess perpendicular anisotropy. We work with a field applied along the easy axis to preserve the uniaxial symmetry of the system. We describe the set-up to study the susceptibility contributions of the spin waves in the field-frequency space. We then identify the maximum device size above which the spinwaves can no longer be studied in isolation as the linewidths of their responses make them overlap. The rf-voltage induced signal is the sum of two voltages that have comparable magnitudes: a first voltage that originates from the transverse susceptibility and rectification by magnetoresistance and a second voltage that arises from the non-linear longitudinal susceptibility and the resultant time-averaged change of the micromagnetic configuration. The transverse and longitudinal susceptibility signals have different dc bias dependences such that they can be separated by measuring how the device rectifies the rf voltage at different dc bias voltages. The transverse and longitudinal susceptibility signals have different lineshapes; their joint studies can yield the Gilbert damping of the free layer of the device with a degree of confidence that compares well with standard FMR. Our method is illustrated on FeCoB-based free layers in which the individual spin-waves can be sufficiently resolved only for disk diameters below 200 nm. The resonance line shapes on devices with 90 nm diameters are consistent with a Gilbert damping of 0.011. This damping of 0.011 exceeds the value of 0.008 measured on the unpatterned films, which indicates that device-level measurements are needed for a correct evaluation of dissipation.

Submitted to the Physical Review B

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