Abstract
We report time-resolved Kerr effect measurements of magnetization dynamics in ferromagnetic SrRuO. We observe that the demagnetization time slows substantially at temperatures within 15 K of the Curie temperature, which is 150 K. We analyze the data with a phenomenological model that relates the demagnetization time to the spin-flip time. In agreement with our observations, the model yields a demagnetization time that is inversely proportional to . We also make a direct comparison of the spin-flip rate and the Gilbert damping coefficient, showing that their ratio is very close to , indicating a common origin for these phenomena.
3 More- Received 28 July 2010
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.83.134432
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