Spin waves in Co2FeGe films
Abstract
The dynamic magnetic properties of full Heusler alloy thin films of Co2FeGe, grown on MgO (001) substrates under different thermal conditions, were investigated. Brillouin light scattering and ferromagnetic resonance measurements revealed that depositing at room temperature followed by annealing at 300 °C for 1 h produces the best results for maximizing magnetization, exchange stiffness, and minimizing spin-dynamic dissipation in the films, which are desirable characteristics for high-speed spintronic devices. Additionally, strong hybridization of spin waves in the Damon–Eshbach geometry was observed, which is attractive for applications in magnonic signal processing circuits.
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Journal Info
Journal of Applied Physics
American Institute of Physics
Authors (11)
Dariia Popadiuk
Nanostructure Physics, Royal Institute of Technology 1 , 10691 Stockholm,
Andriy Vovk
Departamento de Física e Astronomia, Institute of Physics for Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology and Photonics, Universidade do Porto 4 , 4169-007 Porto,
Sergey A. Bunyaev
Departamento de Física e Astronomia, Institute of Physics for Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology and Photonics, Universidade do Porto 4 , 4169-007 Porto,
Gleb N. Kakazei
Departamento de Física e Astronomia, Institute of Physics for Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology and Photonics, Universidade do Porto 4 , 4169-007 Porto,
João P. Araújo
Departamento de Física e Astronomia, Institute of Physics for Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology and Photonics, Universidade do Porto 4 , 4169-007 Porto,
Pavel Strichovanec
Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (INMA), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza 2 , E-50009 Zaragoza,
Pedro A. Algarabel
Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón, Universidad de Zaragoza—CSIC 5 , Campus Río Ebro, 50018 Zaragoza,
Vladimir Golub
Institute of Magnetism of NAS of Ukraine and MES of Ukraine 2 , 03142 Kyiv,
Anatolii F. Kravets
Nanostructure Physics, Royal Institute of Technology 1 , 10691 Stockholm,
Vladislav Korenivski
Nanostructure Physics, Royal Institute of Technology 1 , 10691 Stockholm,
Aleksandra Trzaskowska
Institute of Spintronics and Quantum Information, Faculty of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań 3 , Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 2, 61-614 Poznań,