Damping in yttrium iron garnet film with an interface

Abstract

We report strong damping enhancement in a 200 nm thick yttrium iron garnet (YIG) film due to spin inhomogeneity at the interface. The growth-induced thin interfacial gadolinium iron garnet (GdIG) layer antiferromagnetically (AFM) exchange couples with the rest of the YIG layer. The out-of-plane angular variation of ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) linewidth $\Delta H$ reflects a large inhomogeneous distribution of effective magnetization $\Delta 4\pi M_{eff}$ due to the presence of an exchange springlike moments arrangement in YIG. We probe the spin inhomogeneity at the YIG-GdIG interface by performing an in-plane angular variation of resonance field $H_r$, leading to a unidirectional feature. The large extrinsic $\Delta 4\pi M_{eff}$ contribution, apart from the inherent intrinsic Gilbert contribution, manifests enhanced precessional damping in YIG film.

arXiv comment6 pages, 3 figures

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