Spintronic nano-oscillators: Towards nanoscale and tunable frequency devices

IFCS 2014 - 2014 IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Grimaldi, E ^a   Lebrun, R ^a   Jenkins, A ^a   Dussaux, A ^b   Grollier, J ^a   Cros, V ^a   Fert, A ^a   Kubota, H ^c   Yakushiji, K ^c   Fukushima, A ^c   Matsumoto, R ^c   Yuasa, S ^c   Cibiel, G ^d   Bortolotti, P ^e   Pillet, G ^e  

^a UNITÉ MIXTE DE PHYSIQUE CNRS THALES   (France)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d CNES   (France)

^e THALES RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

nanodevices; rf oscillators; spintronic devices

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOELECTRONICS; SPIN DYNAMICS;

MAGNETIC VORTEX CORES; MAGNETO-RESISTIVE EFFECT; NANO-DEVICES; RF OSCILLATOR; SPIN TRANSFER EFFECTS; SPIN-TRANSFER OSCILLATORS; SPINTRONIC DEVICE; TELECOMMUNICATION APPLICATIONS;

MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 84906876006     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FCS.2014.6859850     Document Type: Conference Paper

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