The temperature () dependences of magnetization dynamics, especially for magnetic damping anisotropy, have been systematically investigated in well-ordered CoFeAl films with a biaxial anisotropy. It is found that the damping anisotropy factor , defined as the fractional difference of damping between the hard and easy axes, changes from 0.35 to -0.09 as decreases from 300 to 80 K, performing a distinctive reorientation transition at ∼ 200 K. Through the thickness-dependent damping measurement results, the damping anisotropy reorientation is verified to originate from the competitions between the intrinsic anisotropic distribution of bulk spin orbit coupling and the interfacial two-magnon scattering. The former governs the effective damping at high temperatures, while the latter with an opposite fourfold symmetry gradually plays a dominant role at reduced temperatures, leading to the transition of the value from positive to negative. The clear clarification of damping anisotropy variation as well as the underlying mechanism in this study would be of great importance for designing key spintronic devices with optimized dynamic magnetic properties.
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