Frequency and power dependence of spin-current emission by spin pumping in a thin-film YIG/Pt system

This paper presents the frequency dependence of the spin-current emission by spin pumping in a hybrid ferrimagnetic insulator/normal metal system. The system is based on a ferrimagnetic insulating thin film of yttrium iron garnet (YIG, 200 nm) grown by liquid-phase epitaxy coupled with a normal metal with a strong spin-orbit coupling (Pt, 15 nm). The YIG layer presents an isotropic behavior of the magnetization in the plane, a small linewidth, and a roughness lower than 0.4 nm. Here we discuss how the voltage signal from the spin-current detector depends on the frequency (0.6--7 GHz), the microwave power, Pᵢₙ (1--70 mW), and the in-plane static magnetic field. A strong enhancement of the spin-current emission is observed at low frequencies, showing the appearance of nonlinear phenomena.