High power and low critical current spin torque oscillation from a magnetic tunnel junction with a built-in hard axis polarizer

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Yisong ^a   Zhao, Hui ^a   Lyle, Andrew ^a   Crowell, Paul A ^a   Wang, Jian Ping ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH-POWER; LARGE SPIN; MAGNETIC LAYERS; MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION; MICROWAVE POWER; OSCILLATION SIGNALS; SPIN TORQUE; TIME DOMAIN;

CRITICAL CURRENTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 84863041222     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3679082     Document Type: Article

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