Temperature dependence of the Gilbert damping of <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mi>La</mml:mi><mml:mrow><mml:mn>0.7</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msub><mml:msub><mml:mi>Sr</mml:mi><mml:mrow><mml:mn>0.3</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msub><mml:msub><mml:mi>MnO</mml:mi><mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math> thin films
Victor Haspot, Paul Noël, Jean-Philippe Attané, L. Vila, Manuel Bibès, A. Anane, A. Barthélémy
Abstract
Due to its half metallic nature, ${\mathrm{La}}_{0.7}{\mathrm{Sr}}_{0.3}{\mathrm{MnO}}_{3}$ is an attractive highly correlated electronic system to obtain ultralow magnetic damping. In this paper we analyze the temperature and thickness dependence of the damping of the magnetization dynamic of epitaxial thin ${\mathrm{La}}_{0.7}{\mathrm{Sr}}_{0.3}{\mathrm{MnO}}_{3}$ films. Our analysis reveals that the damping encompasses resistivelike and conductivelike contributions, as in transition metal ferromagnets. The data also show a large increase of the ferromagnetic resonance linewidth at low temperature, a feature that we ascribe to the presence of a dead layer, insulating and magnetically active, that behaves like a spin sink. The associated spin-pumping term shows a strong temperature dependence, linked to that of the spin mixing conductance. By clarifying some unexplored aspects of spin dynamics in half-metallic manganites, our results contribute to the progress in the burgeoning field of oxide spin orbitronics.