Abstract

Magnetostatic spin wave dispersion and loss are measured in micron scale spin waveguides in ferromagnetic, metallic CoTaZr. Results are in good agreement with model calculations of spin wave dispersion. The measured attenuation lengths, of the order of 3 μ m⁠, are several of orders of magnitude shorter than that predicted from eddy currents in these thin wires. Spin waves effectively “tunnel” through air gaps, produced by focused ion beam etching, as large as 1.5 μ m⁠.

Date

2009

Authors

A Kozhanov, D Ouellette, M Rodwell, SJ Allen, AP Jacob, DW Lee, SX Wang

Journal

Journal of Applied Physics

Volume

105

Issue

7

Publisher

AIP Publishing