Coplanar waveguide based ferromagnetic resonance in ultrathin film magnetic nanostructures: impact of conducting layers

Abstract: We report broadband ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) measurements based on a coplanar waveguide (CPW) of ultrathin magnetic film structures that comprise in-plane/out-of-plane decoupled layers deposited on nonmagnetic buffer layers of various thickness or other buffer structures with a diverse sheet resistance. We show that the excitation of the fundamental mode can be substantially (up to 10 times) enhanced in the structures deposited on buffer layers with a low sheet resistance in comparison to the structures deposited on thin or weakly conducting buffer layers. The results are analyzed in terms of shielding of the electromagnetic field of CPW by the conducting buffer layers. The effect of enhancement of FMR absorption can be attractive for applications in spintronic devices that utilize magnetization dynamics of ultrathin ferromagnetic layers.