Mode-coupling mechanisms in nanocontact spin-torque oscillators

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Iacocca, Ezio ^a,b   Dürrenfeld, Philipp ^a   Heinonen, Olle ^c,d   Akerman, Johan ^a,b,e   Dumas, Randy K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NanOsc AB Electrum 205   (Sweden)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Northwestern Argonne Institute for Science and Engineering   (United States)

^e ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84961343781     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.91.104405     Document Type: Article

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