Nonwhite frequency noise in spin torque oscillators and its effect on spectral linewidth

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Keller, Mark W ^a   Pufall, M R ^a   Rippard, W H ^a   Silva, T J ^a  

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

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EID: 77957362606     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.054416     Document Type: Article

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