Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2011-04-08
Phys. Rev. B 84, 104404 (2011)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
15 pages, 1 figure
Scientific paper
The magnetization dynamics of ferromagnets are often formulated in terms of the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert (LLG) equation. The reactive part of this equation describes the response of the magnetization in terms of effective fields, whereas the dissipative part is parameterized by the Gilbert damping tensor. We formulate a scattering theory for the magnetization dynamics and map this description on the linearized LLG equation by attaching electric contacts to the ferromagnet. The reactive part can then be expressed in terms of the static scattering matrix. The dissipative contribution to the low-frequency magnetization dynamics can be described as an adiabatic energy pumping process to the electronic subsystem by the time-dependent magnetization. The Gilbert damping tensor depends on the time derivative of the scattering matrix as a function of the magnetization direction. By the fluctuation-dissipation theorem, the fluctuations of the effective fields can also be formulated in terms of the quasistatic scattering matrix. The theory is formulated for general magnetization textures and worked out for monodomain precessions and domain wall motions. We prove that the Gilbert damping from scattering theory is identical to the result obtained by the Kubo formalism.
Bauer Gerrit E. W.
Brataas Arne
Tserkovnyak Yaroslav
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