Spin-wave interference patterns created by spin-torque nano-oscillators for memory and computation

Nanotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Macià, Ferran ^a,b   Kent, Andrew D ^a   Hoppensteadt, Frank C ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTION ELECTRONS; DC CURRENT; EXCITATION PATTERN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION STORAGE; INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; MAGNETIC LAYERS; MAGNETIZATION DYNAMICS; NANOMAGNETS; SPIN ANGULAR MOMENTUM; SPIN MOMENTUM TRANSFER; SPIN TORQUE; SPINWAVE EXCITATION; TUNNEL MAGNETORESISTANCE; WAVE DETECTION;

DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRON EMISSION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETORESISTANCE; SPIN WAVES; TRANSPONDERS; WAVE INTERFERENCE;

SPIN DYNAMICS;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DATA STORAGE DEVICE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OSCILLOMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER STORAGE DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OSCILLOMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 79751517798     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/9/095301     Document Type: Article

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