Spin-wave-beam driven synchronization of nanocontact spin-torque oscillators

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 280-286

  Houshang, A ^a,b   Iacocca, E ^a,b   Durrenfeld P ^a   Sani, S R ^c   Akerman, J ^a,b,c   Dumas, R K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NanOsc AB Electrum 205   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPIN WAVES;

EMISSION PATTERN; EXTERNAL FIELDS; IN-PLANE COMPONENTS; NANO CONTACTS; ROBUST SYNCHRONIZATION; SPIN-TORQUE OSCILLATORS; TWO OSCILLATORS; VERTICAL ARRAYS;

SYNCHRONIZATION;

ARTICLE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; FREQUENCY; GEOMETRY; MICROSCOPY; NANOCONTACT SPIN TORQUE OSCILLATOR; OSCILLATOR; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPIN WAVE;

EID: 84960107610     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2015.280     Document Type: Article

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