Large amplitude microwave emission and reduced nonlinear phase noise in Co2Fe(Ge0.5Ga0.5) Heusler alloy based pseudo spin valve nanopillars

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 16, 2011, Pages

  Sinha, Jaivardhan ^a   Hayashi, Masamitsu ^a   Takahashi, Yukiko K ^a   Taniguchi, Tomohiro ^a   Drapeko, Maksim ^a   Mitani, Seiji ^a   Hono, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED FIELD; CURRENT PERPENDICULAR TO PLANE; FILM PLANES; HEUSLER ALLOYS; LARGE AMPLITUDE; LINEWIDTH BROADENING; MICROWAVE EMISSIONS; NON-LINEAR; NONLINEAR PHASE NOISE; PSEUDO SPIN VALVES; THEORETICAL PREDICTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; GALLIUM; GERMANIUM; LINEWIDTH; PHASE NOISE;

GALLIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 80155183247     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3647771     Document Type: Article

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