On the Existence Conditions of Surface Spin Wave Modes in (Ga,Mn)As Thin Films

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Spin-wave resonance is a newly emerged method for studying surface magnetic anisotropy and surface spin-wave modes in (Ga,Mn)As thin films. The existence of surface spin-wave modes in (Ga,Mn)As thin films has recently been reported in the literature; surface spin-wave modes have been observed in the in-plane configuration (with variable azimuth angle φ_M between the in-plane magnetization of the film and the surface [100] crystal axis), in the azimuth angle range between two in-plane critical angles φ_{c1} and φ_{c2}. We show here that cubic surface anisotropy is an essential factor determining the existence conditions of the above-mentioned surface spin-wave modes: conditions favorable for the occurrence of surface spin-wave modes in a (Ga,Mn)As thin film in the in-plane configuration are fulfilled for those azimuth orientations of the magnetization of the sample that lie around the hard axes of cubic magnetic anisotropy. This implies that a hard cubic anisotropy axis can be regarded in (Ga,Mn)As thin films as an easy axis for surface spin pinning.

Keywords

EN

75.50.Pp; 76.50.+g; 75.70.-i; 75.30.Ds

Discipline

• 75.70.-i: Magnetic properties of thin films, surfaces, and interfaces(for magnetic properties of nanostructures, see 75.75.-c)
• 75.30.Ds: Spin waves(for spin-wave resonance, see 76.50.+g)
• 76.50.+g: Ferromagnetic, antiferromagnetic, and ferrimagnetic resonances; spin-wave resonance(see also 75.30.Ds Spin waves)
• 75.50.Pp: Magnetic semiconductors

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 129
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 117-120

Dates

published

2016-01

received

2015-12-18

Contributors

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.129.117