Enhanced Gilbert Damping in Thin Ferromagnetic Films

Details Enhanced Gilbert Damping in Thin Ferromagnetic Films Enhanced Gilbert Damping in Thin Ferromagnetic Films

2001-10-11

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0110247v2

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88 (2002) 117601

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

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Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.117601

Using a scattering matrix approach, the precession of the magnetization of a ferromagnet is shown to transfer spins into adjacent normal metal layers. This ``pumping'' of spins slows down the precession corresponding to an enhanced Gilbert damping factor in the Landau-Lifshitz equation. The damping is expressed in terms of the scattering matrix of the ferromagnet-normal metal interface, which is accessible to model and first-principles calculations. Our estimates for permalloy thin films explain the trends observed in recent experiments.

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