Journal of Semiconductors, Volume. 42, Issue 3, 032501(2021)

Resonant enhancement of magnetic damping driven by coherent acoustic phonons in thin Co2FeAl film epitaxied on GaAs

Lin Song1,2, Wei Yan1,2,3, Hailong Wang1,2, Jianhua Zhao1,2, and Xinhui Zhang1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
  • 2Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3Laser Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Qingdao 266000, China
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    Received: Jan. 18, 2021

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    Published Online: Jun. 17, 2021

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    DOI:10.1088/1674-4926/42/3/032501

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