Passive high-frequency devices based on superlattice ferromagnetic nanowires

In this paper we propose to tailor the bandwidth of a microwave filter by exploitation of shape anisotropy of nanowires. In order to achieve this control of shape anisotropy, we considered superlattice wires containing varying-sized ferromagnetic regions separated by nonferromagnetic regions. Superlattice wires of Ni and Au with a nominal diameter of 200nm were grown using standard electrodeposition techniques. The microwave properties were probed using X-band (9.8GHz) ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) experiments performed at room temperature. In order to investigate the effectiveness of the shape anisotropy on the superlattice nanowire based filter the FMR spectrum of superlattice structure is compared to the FMR spectra of nanowires samples with constant length. r 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. PACS: S75.50.Tt; 75.75.+a