Coherent and incoherent spin torque oscillations in a nanopillar magnetic spin-valve

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 25, 2013, Pages

  Braganca, P M ^a,d   Lee, O J ^a   Ozatay, O ^a,e   Liu, L ^a   Finocchio, G ^b   Ralph, D C ^a,c   Buhrman, R A ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^d WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^e BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT DYNAMICS; MICROMAGNETIC SIMULATIONS; NON-UNIFORM MAGNETIZATIONS; NONLINEAR DAMPING; SPIN-TORQUE OSCILLATORS; SPIN-VALVE NANOPILLARS; STRONG COUPLING; TWO OSCILLATORS;

DAMPING;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 84879861341     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4812299     Document Type: Article

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