Theory of injection locking for large magnetization motion in spin-transfer nano-oscillators

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3441-3444

  Serpico, C ^a   Bonin, R ^b   Bertotti, G ^c   D'Aquino, M ^d   Mayergoyz, I D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI RICERCA METROLOGICA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Landau Lifshitz equation; Phase locking; Spin transfer

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIZATION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SPIN DYNAMICS;

AVERAGING TECHNIQUE; LANDAU LIFSHITZ EQUATION; MAGNETIZATION DYNAMICS; MAGNETIZATION MOTION; PHASE-LOCKING; SELF-OSCILLATION FREQUENCY; SPIN TRANSFER; SPIN-TRANSFER NANO-OSCILLATORS;

TIME AND MOTION STUDY;

EID: 70350583244     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2009.2025515     Document Type: Article

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