Intrinsic spin relaxation processes in metallic magnetic multilayers

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-149325
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.14932

Heinrich, B. ; Woltersdorf, Georg

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Abstract

Spin relaxation processes in metallic magnetic nanostructures are reviewed. First a brief review of the phenomenology of magnetic damping is presented using the Landau Lifshitz Gilbert (LLG) equations of motion. It is shown that the Gilbert damping in bulk metallic layers is caused by the spin orbit interaction and itinerant character of 3d and 4s-p electrons. Spin dynamics in ...