“…1 Consequently, there is a huge interest in the excitation, detection and control of spin waves at the nano-scale, 2 as well as in a number of spintronic effects such as the spin transfer torque, direct and inverse Spin-Hall effects, and spin pumping. 3,4 A deep understanding of physics of these effects is crucial for the development of novel devices that include but not limited to: magnetic random access memory (MRAM), spin-torque MRAM, spintorque nano-oscillators, 1,3 frequency-agile left-handed meta-materials [5][6][7][8][9][10] , as well as gas sensors. 11 The aforementioned devices operate at microwave frequencies and they are made of multilayers consisting of non-magnetic metal (NM) and ferromagnetic metal (FM) thin films.…”