Observation of the intrinsic Gilbert damping constant in Co/Ni multilayers independent of the stack number with perpendicular anisotropy

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Song, Hyon Seok ^a   Lee, Kyeong Dong ^a   Sohn, Jeong Woo ^a,b   Yang, See Hun ^c   Parkin, Stuart S P ^c   You, Chun Yeol ^d   Shin, Sung Chul ^a,b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY DISTRIBUTION; GILBERT DAMPING; GILBERT DAMPING CONSTANT; MAGNETO-OPTICAL; MULTI-LAYER SYSTEM; PERPENDICULAR ANISOTROPY; PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; STACK-NUMBERS;

DAMPING; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY;

MULTILAYERS;

EID: 84875148271     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4795013     Document Type: Article

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