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Current-induced microwave spectra were measured in small-sized giant magnetoresistance devices composed of a NiFe vortex free layer and an out-of-plane magnetized Co/Pd multilayer polarizer. The influence of a large direct current (DC) and a bias field on the excited mode of the free layer is systematically investigated. For small current values, microwave spectra due to the vortex core oscillation were observed around 1 GHz, while the frequency abruptly changed to 4–4.5 GHz at certain DC values. The experimental data were reproduced by micromagnetic simulation, which indicates that the mode change of the vortex core oscillation in the free layer is dominated by the Oersted field from the large DC.

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We investigated the static and dynamic magnetic properties of thin films of Mn-Co-Ga Heusler compound. Gilbert damping and exchange stiffness constants of the films were evaluated by using the ferromagnetic resonance technique in the X-band regime (f = 9.4 GHz). By analyzing the experimental spectra, magnetic parameters of the films such as the line width and the Gilbert damping were deduced, and the exchange stiffness constant was estimated from the perpendicular standing spin-wave resonance. The Gilbert damping constant was estimated to be 0.017 in a specific film composition. The exchange stiffness constant showed a linear dependence on the film composition.

A study of the magnetic and electrical properties of (100)-oriented La0.7(Sr,Ca)0.3MnO3 thin films prepared by an optimized chemical solution deposition process on a (100) SrTiO3 single-crystal substrate is reported in this paper. The films were studied by high-resolution scanning electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, vibrating sample magnetometer, ferromagnetic resonance and four-point-probe electrical measurements. A characteristic nanocrystalline texture with ∼15 nm crystallites is observed in both films. Remarkably, the resistivities of these films are three orders of magnitude smaller compared with unoptimized films grown even on the same substrate. The magnetotransport properties were determined as a function of temperature and applied field magnitude, and compared with bulk crystals and vacuum-deposited single crystalline (epitaxial) thin films as well as manganite nanostructures reported in the literature. Both films display large values of colossal magnetoresistance at around room temperature. Significantly, the magnetoresistance in (100) La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 thin film is observed to be highly linear even at low fields near the metal–insulator transition temperature. However, the dependence of these promising properties on the nanocrystal size remains to be explored.