Combined frequency-amplitude nonlinear modulation: Theory and applications

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3629-3634

  Consolo, Giancarlo ^a,b,c   Puliafito, Vito ^c   Finocchio, Giovanni ^c   Lopez Diaz, Luis ^d   Zivieri, Roberto ^a,b   Giovannini, Loris ^a,b   Nizzoli, Fabrizio ^a,b   Valenti, Giovanna ^c   Azzerboni, Bruno ^c  

^a CNISM   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analog modulator physics; Micromagnetic computation; Nonlinear magnetization dynamics; Spin transfer oscillators

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATORS; ANALOG MODULATOR PHYSICS; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETER; MAGNETIC SPIN; MICROMAGNETIC CALCULATIONS; MICROMAGNETIC COMPUTATIONS; MODULATING SIGNALS; NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS; NON-LINEARITY; NONLINEAR DEPENDENCE; NONLINEAR MAGNETIZATION DYNAMICS; NONLINEAR MODULATION; PHYSICAL NATURE; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SPIN-TRANSFER OSCILLATORS; THEORETICAL MODELS;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC RECORDING; MAGNETIZATION; MODULATION; MODULATORS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); SPIN DYNAMICS;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 77956021605     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2010.2046178     Document Type: Article

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