Chinese Physics B, Volume. 29, Issue 10, (2020)

Giant anisotropy of magnetic damping and significant in-plane uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in amorphous Co40Fe40B20 films on GaAs(001)

Ji Wang1, Hong-Qing Tu1,2, Jian Liang3, Ya Zhai3, Ruo-Bai Liu1, Yuan Yuan1, Lin-Ao Huang1, Tian-Yu Liu1, Bo Liu4、†, Hao Meng4, Biao You1,6, Wei Zhang1,6, Yong-Bing Xu5, and Jun Du1,6
Author Affiliations
  • 1National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 20093, China
  • 2Department of Mathematics and Physics, Nanjing Institute of Technology, Nanjing 11167, China
  • 3Department of Physics and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallic Materials, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
  • 4Key Laboratory of Spintronics Materials, Devices and Systems of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 311300, China
  • 5Department of Electronic Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
  • 6Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing 210093, China
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    Tuning magnetic damping constant in dedicated spintronic devices has important scientific and technological implications. Here we report on anisotropic damping in various compositional amorphous CoFeB films grown on GaAs(001) substrates. Measured by a vector network analyzer-ferromagnetic resonance (VNA-FMR) equipment, a giant magnetic damping anisotropy of 385%, i.e., the damping constant increases by about four times, is observed in a 10-nm-thick Co40Fe40B20 film when its magnetization rotates from easy axis to hard axis, accompanied by a large and pure in-plane uniaxial magnetic anisotropy (UMA) with its anisotropic field of about 450 Oe. The distinct damping anisotropy is mainly resulted from anisotropic two-magnon-scattering induced by the interface between the ferromagnetic layer and the substrate, which also generates a significant UMA in the film plane.

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    Ji Wang, Hong-Qing Tu, Jian Liang, Ya Zhai, Ruo-Bai Liu, Yuan Yuan, Lin-Ao Huang, Tian-Yu Liu, Bo Liu, Hao Meng, Biao You, Wei Zhang, Yong-Bing Xu, Jun Du. Giant anisotropy of magnetic damping and significant in-plane uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in amorphous Co40Fe40B20 films on GaAs(001)[J]. Chinese Physics B, 2020, 29(10):

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    Paper Information

    Received: Jul. 5, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Apr. 21, 2021

    The Author Email: Liu Bo (jdu@nju.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1088/1674-1056/abad1d

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