Abstract:We investigated the dependence of the seed (Ta/Pt, Ta/Au) and capping (Pt/Ta, Au/Ta) layers on spin pumping effect in the ferromagnetic 3 nm thick Co thin film using ferromagnetic resonance spectroscopy. The data is fitted with Kittel's equation to evaluate damping constant and g-factor. A strong dependence of seed and capping layers on spin pumping has been discussed. The value of damping constant (α) is found to be relatively large i.e. 0.0326±0.0008 for the Ta(3)/Pt(3)/Co(3)/Pt(3)/Ta(3) (nm) multilayer structure, while it is 0.0104±0.0003 for Ta(3)/Co(3)/Ta(3) (nm). Increase in α is observed due to Pt layer that works as a good sink for spins due to high spin orbit coupling. In addition, we measured the effective spin conductance g = 2.00 ± 0.08 × 10 18 m -2 for the tri-layer structure Pt(3)/Co(3)/Pt(3) (nm) as a result of the enhancement in α relative to its bulk value.We observed that the evaluated g-factor decreases as effective demagnetizing magnetic field increases in all the studied samples. The azimuthal dependence of magnetic resonance field and line width showed relatively high anisotropy in the tri-layer Ta(3)/Co(3)/Ta(3) (nm) structure.