Direct imaging of the ac component of the pumped spin polarization with element specificity
Direct imaging of the ac component of the pumped spin polarization with element specificity
Pile, S.; Buchner, M.; Ney, V.; Schaffers, T.; Lenz, K.; Narkovic, R.; Lindner, J.; Ohldag, H.; Ney, A.
Abstract
Spin-pumping in a ferromagnet/non-ferromagnet heterostructure is directly imaged with spatial resolution as well as element selectivity. The time-resolved detection in scanning transmission x-ray microscopy allows to directly probe the spatial extent of the ac spin polarization in Co-doped ZnO which is generated by spin-pumping from an adjacent permalloy microstrip. Comparing the relative phases of the dynamic magnetization component of the two constituents is possible and found to be out of phase. The correlation between the distribution of the magnetic excitation in the permalloy and the Co-doped ZnO reveals that literally there is no one-to-one correlation. The observed distribution is rather complex, but integrating over larger areas clearly demonstrates that the spin polarization in the non-ferromagnet extends laterally beyond the region of the ferromagnetic microstrip. Therefore the observations are better explained by a local spin pumping efficieny and a lateral propagation of the ac spin-polarization in the non-ferromagnet over the range of a few micrometers.
Keywords: spin pumping; XMCD; ferromagnetic resonance; STXM; microstrip; spin waves
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- Ionenstrahlzentrum DOI: 10.17815/jlsrf-3-159
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Physical Review Applied 14(2020), 034005
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.14.034005
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