Theory of thermally induced phase noise in spin torque oscillators for a high-symmetry case

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3555-3573

  Silva, T J ^a   Keller, Mark W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Langevin equations; Macrospin; Ornstein Uhlenbeck; Phase noise; Spin torque; Spin torque oscillator; Wiener Lvy

Indexed keywords

LANGEVIN EQUATION; MACROSPIN; ORNSTEIN-UHLENBECK; SPIN TORQUE; WIENER-LVY;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DAMPING; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); INTEGRATION; LINEWIDTH; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; NUMERICAL METHODS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PHASE NOISE; TEMPERATURE; TORQUE;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 77956038436     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2010.2044583     Document Type: Article

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