Tailoring Gilbert damping of metallic ferromagnetic thin films is one of the central interests in spintronics applications. Here we report a giant Gilbert damping anisotropy in epitaxial Co_{50}Fe_{50} thin films with a maximum-minimum damping ratio of 400%, determined by broadband spin-torque ferromagnetic resonance as well as inductive ferromagnetic resonance. We conclude that the origin of this damping anisotropy is the variation of the spin orbit coupling for different magnetization orientations in the cubic lattice, which is further corroborated from the magnitude of the anisotropic magnetoresistance in Co_{50}Fe_{50}.
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Nano Lett
December 2024
Key Laboratory of Quantum Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, School of Physics, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China.
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International Center for Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P.R. China.
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December 2024
College of Physical Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, P.R. China.
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Department of Physics, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan 49931, USA.
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