Spin torque oscillators and RF currents Modulation, locking, and ringing

Integrated Ferroelectrics

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 147-154

  Muduli, P K ^a   Pogoryelov, Ye ^b   Zhou, Y ^b   Mancoff, Fred ^c   Åkerman, Johan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c Everspin Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY APPROACH; INJECTION-LOCKING; INTERNAL DYNAMICS; MODULATION SIDE-BANDS; NANO CONTACTS; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RF CURRENTS; RINGING EFFECT; SPIN TORQUE; WIDE FREQUENCY RANGE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERMODULATION;

MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 79961181484     PISSN: 10584587     EISSN: 16078489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584587.2011.574478     Document Type: Conference Paper

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