Magneto-optical observation of four-wave scattering in a 15 nm Ni81Fe19 film during large angle magnetization precession

Published

November 14, 2011

Author(s)

Hans T. Nembach, Karen Livesey, Michael Kostylev, Patrica Martin-Pimentel, Sebastian Hermsdoerfer, Britta Leven, Juergen Fassbender, Burkard Hillebrands

Abstract

Large angle magnetization precession induced by a short pulsed magnetic field in a 15 nm thick Ni₈₁Fe₁₉ film is observed using a time-resolved magneto-optical Kerr effect technique with sensitivity to all three components of the magnetization vector. A reduction of the magnitude of the magnetization vector |M| during large angle precession is inferred and indicates incoherent dynamics due to excitation of traveling spin waves with wavelengths smaller than the sampling area, i.e., the laser spot size for the magneto-optical measurements. The reduction in |M| depends on the magnetic bias field H_bias, which can be qualitatively understood by comparison to the theoretical threshold to observe four-magnon scattering in a small time interval t. We estimate that two-magnon scattering cannot explain the experimental results.

Citation

Physical Review B

Volume

84

Pub Type

Journals

Keywords

magnetization dynamics, nanomagnetics

Citation

Nembach, H. , , K. , Kostylev, M. , Martin-Pimentel, P. , Hermsdoerfer, S. , Leven, B. , Fassbender, J. and Hillebrands, B. (2011), Magneto-optical observation of four-wave scattering in a 15 nm Ni₈₁Fe₁₉ film during large angle magnetization precession, Physical Review B (Accessed April 26, 2024)