• 文献标题:   Femtosecond laser-induced spin dynamics in single-layer graphene/CoFeB thin films
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   PANDA SN, MAJUMDER S, CHOUDHURY S, BHATTACHARYA A, SINHA S, BARMAN A
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  • 出版物名称:   NANOSCALE
  • ISSN:   2040-3364 EI 2040-3372
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  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.1039/d1nr03397b EA JUL 2021
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

Graphene/ferromagnet hybrid heterostructures are important building blocks of spintronics due to the unique ability of graphene to transport spin current over unprecedented distances and possible increase in its spin-orbit coupling due to proximity and hybridization. Here, we present magnetization dynamics over a femtosecond to nanosecond timescale by employing an all-optical time-resolved magneto-optical Kerr effect technique in single-layer graphene (SLG)/CoFeB thin films with varying CoFeB thickness and compared them with reference CoFeB thin films without an SLG underlayer. Gilbert damping variation with CoFeB thickness is modelled to extract spin-mixing conductance for the SLG/CoFeB interface and isolate the two-magnon scattering contribution from spin pumping. In SLG/CoFeB, we have established an inverse relationship between ultrafast demagnetization time (tau(m)) and the Gilbert damping parameter (alpha) induced by interfacial spin accumulation and pure spin-current transport via a spin pumping mechanism. This systematic study of ultrafast demagnetization in SLG/CoFeB heterostructures and its connection with magnetic damping can help to design graphene-based ultrahigh-speed spintronic devices.