Microwave oscillations of a nanomagnet driven by a spin-polarized current

Nature

Volumn 425, Issue 6956, 2003, Pages 380-383

  Klselev, S I ^a   Sankey, J C ^a   Krivorotov, I N ^a   Emley, N C ^a   Schoelkopf, R J ^b   Buhrman, R A ^a   Ralph, D C ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MICROWAVES; OSCILLATIONS;

NANOMAGNETS;

MAGNETS;

NANOPARTICLE;

MAGNETIC PROPERTY; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITABILITY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MECHANICS; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOTION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIN POLARIZED CURRENT; SPIN TRAPPING; TORQUE;

EID: 0141596165     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01967     Document Type: Article

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