Roughness effects on spin waves

被引:5
作者
Mercier, D
Levy, JCS
机构
[1] Lab. de Magnet. des Surfaces, Univ. Paris 7 - Denis Diderot
关键词
spin waves; spin wave resonance; thin films; surface roughness;
D O I
10.1016/S0304-8853(96)00300-9
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
A simple modelling of surface roughness in magnetic thin films shows that roughness tends to unpin spin waves at external surfaces. This unpinning effect increases with the roughness height as long as this height remains small. In spin wave resonance, the spin wave intensity spectrum is shown to be quite sensitive to roughness, and new surface spin waves appear because of this roughness.
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页码:207 / 215
页数:9
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