Electric-Field Modulation of Damping Constant in a Ferromagnetic Semiconductor (Ga,Mn)As.
The modulation of the Gilbert damping constant α in (Ga,Mn)As by the application of an electric field is detected by ferromagnetic resonance measurements, where α increases with decreasing hole concentration. The smaller modulation of other magnetic parameters, such as magnetic anisotropy fields and Landé g factor, suggests that the modulation of α is governed by other effects rather than the spin-orbit coupling. Comparison of the conductivity dependence of α with that of the magnetization indicates that the magnetic disorder induced by carrier localization plays a major role in determining the magnitude of α in (Ga,Mn)As.
WPI-Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan.
Lin
L
Chen
WPI-Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan.|Center for Spintronics Integrated Systems, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan.|Laboratory for Nanoelectronics and Spintronics, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan.
Fumihiro
F
Matsukura
WPI-Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan.|Center for Spintronics Integrated Systems, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan.|Laboratory for Nanoelectronics and Spintronics, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan.
Hideo
H
Ohno