Commensurability and chaos in magnetic vortex oscillations

Nature Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 682-687

  Petit Watelot, Sebastien ^a,b   Kim, Joo Von ^a,b   Ruotolo, Antonio ^c,d   Otxoa, Ruben M ^a,b   Bouzehouane, Karim ^c   Grollier, Julie ^c   Vansteenkiste, Arne ^e   Van De Wiele, Ben ^e   Cros, Vincent ^c   Devolder, Thibaut ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNITÉ MIXTE DE PHYSIQUE CNRS THALES   (France)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC POLARITY; MAGNETISM; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

CRITICAL VELOCITIES; DEVIL'S STAIRCASE; DRIVING CURRENT; ELECTRICAL OSCILLATORS; MAGNETIC VORTICES; NANO-SCALE SYSTEM; PERIODIC CORES; RADIO FREQUENCIES;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84865754673     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2362     Document Type: Article

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