Capacitance effect on microwave power spectra of spin-torque oscillator with thermal noise

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2773-2776

  Zhou, Yan ^a   Shin, Franklin G ^b   Guan, Bo ^b   Åkerman, Johan ^a,c  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Macrospin model; Spin torque oscillator; Thermal fluctuation

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; MICROWAVE GENERATION; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; POWER SPECTRUM; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CAPACITANCE EFFECT; LANDAU-LIFSHITZ-GILBERT; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; OPTIMUM CAPACITANCES; SPIN-TORQUE OSCILLATOR (STO); SPIN-TORQUE OSCILLATORS; STOCHASTIC MAGNETIC FIELD; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS;

SYSTEM STABILITY;

EID: 66549096972     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2009.2020556     Document Type: Article

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