Effect of Meissner screening and trapped magnetic flux on magnetization dynamics in thick Nb/Ni80Fe20/Nb trilayers
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Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We investigate the influence of Meissner screening and trapped magnetic flux on magnetization dynamics for a Ni80Fe20 film sandwiched between two thick Nb layers (100 nm) using broadband (5–20 GHz) ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) spectroscopy. Below the superconducting transition Tc of Nb, significant zero-frequency line broadening (5–6 mT) and dc-resonance field shift (50 mT) to a low field are both observed if the Nb thickness is comparable to the London penetration depth of Nb films (≥100 nm). We attribute the observed peculiar behaviors to the increased incoherent precession near the Ni80Fe20/Nb interfaces and the effectively focused magnetic flux in the middle Ni80Fe20 caused by strong Meissner screening and (defect-)trapped flux of the thick adjacent Nb layers. This explanation is supported by static magnetic properties of the samples and comparison with FMR data on thick Nb/Ni80Fe20 bilayers. Great care should, therefore, be taken in the analysis of FMR response in ferromagnetic Josephson structures with thick superconductors, a fundamental property for high-frequency device applications of spin-polarized supercurrents.
Date Issued
2019-01-30
Date Acceptance
2019-01-15
Citation
Physical Review Applied, 2019, 11
ISSN
2331-7019
Publisher
American Physical Society
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review Applied
Volume
11
Copyright Statement
© 2019 American Physical Society.
Sponsor
The Leverhulme Trust
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E
Grant Number
RPG-2016-306
RG81276
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Physics, Applied
Physics
FERROMAGNETIC-RESONANCE
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 014061