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MA: Fachverband Magnetismus

MA 20: Poster I - Biomagnetism, FePt Nanoparticles, Magnetic Particles/Clusters, Magnetic Materials, Magnetic Semiconductors, Half-metals/Oxides, Multiferroics, Topological Insulators, Spin structures/Phase transitions, Electron theory/Computational micromagnetics, Magnetic coupling phenomena/Exchange bias, Spin-dependent transport, Spin injection/spin currents, Magnetization/Demagnetization dynamics, Magnetic measurement techniques

MA 20.64: Poster

Dienstag, 27. März 2012, 12:15–15:15, Poster A

Optimization of spin-valve structures for spin-pumping experiments — •Christian Swoboda, Nils Kuhlmann, Andreas Vogel, Toru Matsuyama, and Guido Meier — Institut für Angewandte Physik und Zentrum für Mikrostrukturforschung, Universität Hamburg, Jungiusstrasse 11, 20355 Hamburg, Germany

In recent years, high-frequency phenomena of magnetic nanostructures have been studied intensively since they are expected to provide new technological applications as well as fundamental understanding of spin dynamics. Currently, the combination of magnetization dynamics and spin transport, the spin-pumping effect [1, 2], is of great interest. First experimental results including the detection of pure spin currents have been presented [3]. The aim of our work is to build an all-metal lateral spin-valve [4], where the spins are injected into an adjacent normal-metal via a ferromagnet with precessing magnetization at ferromagnetic resonance (spin-pumping). The lateral spin-valve device enables to detect and to quantify the pure spin current via a second ferromagnet. Besides the basic concept of a lateral spin-valve device operated by spin-pumping, we present a detailed study of the magnetization dynamics of the ferromagnetic electrodes. We optimized geometry and center-to-center distance of the electrodes in order to enhance the spin-pumping efficiency.

[1] Y. Tserkovnyak et. al., PRL 88, 117601 (2002); [2] A. Brataas et. al., PRB 66, 060404 (2002); [3] M.V. Costache et. al., PRB 78, 064423 (2008); [4] A. Vogel et. al., APL 94, 122510 (2009)