Thickness dependent magnetization dynamics of perpendicular anisotropy Co/Pd multilayer films |
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Authors: | Z Liu R BrandtO Hellwig S FlorezT Thomson B TerrisH Schmidt |
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Institution: | a School of Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz, 1156 High St., Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA b Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, 3403 Yerba Buena Road, San Jose, CA 95135, USA |
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Abstract: | We present the measurements of the picosecond magnetization dynamics of Co/Pd multilayer films. The dynamic magnetization properties of sputtered multilayer films were analyzed as a function of Co layer thicknesses and applied bias field. Both the eigenfrequencies of the magnetization precession in the multilayers and the associated Gilbert damping exhibit extreme sensitivity to the magnetic layer thickness on an atomic monolayer scale. The eigenfrequency increases more than threefold when the Co thickness decreases from 7.5 to 2.8 Å, mainly due to the changes in effective saturation magnetization and perpendicular anisotropy constant. A concomitant 2.6-fold increase in the damping of the oscillations is observed and attributed to stronger interface dissipation in thinner Co layers. In addition, we introduce a quasi-1D micromagnetic model in which the multilayer stack is described as a one-dimensional chain of macrospins that represent each Co layer. This model yields excellent agreement with the observed resonance frequencies without any free parameters, while being much simpler and faster than full 3D micromagnetic modeling. |
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Keywords: | Magnetization dynamics Perpendicular anisotropy Co/Pd Micromagnetic modeling |
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