Analytical and micromagnetic study of nonlinear amplitude modulation in spintronic modulators

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2063-2066

  Consolo, Giancarlo ^a,b,c   Puliafito, Vito ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b Hospital of Ferrara   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Micromagnetism; Nonlinear analog modulation; Spin transfer oscillators; Spin wave dynamics

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; MODULATORS; SPIN DYNAMICS; SPIN WAVES; WAVEFRONTS;

AMPLITUDE MODULATED SIGNALS; ANALOG MODULATIONS; MICRO MAGNETISMS; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; SPIN WAVE DYNAMICS; SPIN-TORQUE OSCILLATORS; SPIN-TRANSFER OSCILLATORS; TIME AND FREQUENCY DOMAINS;

FREQUENCY MODULATION;

EID: 77952799875     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2010.2040252     Document Type: Article

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