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  • Title: Mitigation of Gilbert Damping in the CoFe/CuOx Orbital Torque System.
    Author: Ding S, Wang H, Legrand W, Noël P, Gambardella P.
    Journal: Nano Lett; 2024 Aug 21; 24(33):10251-10257. PubMed ID: 39133560.
    Abstract:
    Charge-spin interconversion processes underpin the generation of spin-orbit torques in magnetic/nonmagnetic bilayers. However, efficient sources of spin currents such as 5d metals are also efficient spin sinks, resulting in a large increase of magnetic damping. Here we show that a partially oxidized 3d metal can generate a strong orbital torque without a significant increase in damping. Measurements of the torque efficiency ξ and Gilbert damping α in CoFe/CuOx and CoFe/Pt indicate that ξ is comparable in the two systems. The increase in damping relative to a single CoFe layer is Δα < 0.002 in CoFe/CuOx and Δα ≈ 0.005-0.02 in CoFe/Pt, depending on CoFe thickness. We ascribe the nonreciprocal relationship between Δα and ξ in CoFe/CuOx to the small orbital-spin current ratio generated by magnetic resonance in CoFe and the lack of an efficient spin sink in CuOx. Our findings provide new perspectives on the efficient excitation of magnetization dynamics via the orbital torque.
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