Abstract
In magnetic trilayer structures, a contribution to the Gilbert damping of ferromagnetic resonance arises from spin currents pumped from one layer to another. This contribution has been demonstrated for layers with weakly coupled, separated resonances, where magnetization dynamics are excited predominantly in one layer and the other layer acts as a spin sink. Here, we show that trilayer structures in which magnetizations are excited simultaneously, antisymmetrically, show a spin-pumping effect roughly twice as large. The antisymmetric (optical) mode of antiferromagnetically coupled Ni79Fe21(8 nm)/Ru/Ni79Fe21(8 nm) trilayers shows a Gilbert damping constant greater than that of the symmetric (acoustic) mode by an amount as large as the intrinsic damping of Py (Δα≃0.006). The effect is shown equally in field-normal and field-parallel to film plane geometries over 3–25 GHz. The results confirm a prediction of the spin pumping model and have implications for the use of synthetic antiferromagnets (SAF)-structures in GHz devices.
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