Ultralow-current-density and bias-field-free spin-transfer nano-oscillator

Z Zeng, G Finocchio, B Zhang, PK Amiri, JA Katine… - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
The spin-transfer nano-oscillator (STNO) offers the possibility of using the transfer of spin
angular momentum via spin-polarized currents to generate microwave signals. However, at …

Spin transfer nano-oscillators

Z Zeng, G Finocchio, H Jiang - Nanoscale, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The use of spin transfer nano-oscillators (STNOs) to generate microwave signals in
nanoscale devices has aroused tremendous and continuous research interest in recent …

MgO (001) barrier based magnetic tunnel junctions and their device applications

XF Han, SS Ali, SH Liang - Science China Physics, Mechanics and …, 2013 - Springer
Spintronics has received a great attention and significant interest within the past decades,
and provided considerable and remarked applications in industry and electronic information …

Skyrmion ground state and gyration of skyrmions in magnetic nanodisks without the Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya interaction

YY Dai, H Wang, P Tao, T Yang, WJ Ren, ZD Zhang - Physical Review B, 2013 - APS
We show by micromagnetic simulations that a spontaneous skyrmion ground state can exist
in Co/Ru/Co nanodisks without the Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya interaction, which can remain …

Numerical and analytical investigation of the synchronization of dipolarly coupled vortex spin-torque nano-oscillators

AD Belanovsky, N Locatelli, PN Skirdkov… - Applied Physics …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
We investigate analytically and numerically the synchronization dynamics of dipolarly
coupled vortex based Spin-Torque Nano Oscillators with different pillar diameters. We …

Multipole magnetostatic interactions and collective vortex excitations in dot pairs, chains, and two-dimensional arrays

OV Sukhostavets, J González, KY Guslienko - Physical review B, 2013 - APS
The multipole expansion of magnetostatic interaction energy between nonuniformly
magnetized ferromagnetic particles is developed and applied for calculation of the …

Reversal process of a magnetic vortex core under the combined action of a perpendicular field and spin transfer torque

N Locatelli, AE Ekomasov, AV Khvalkovskiy… - Applied Physics …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
In a nanopillar with dipolarly coupled vortices, we present an experimental and simulation
study to understand how the interplay between the bias field and spin transfer torque …

Characterization of magnetostatic surface spin waves in magnetic thin films: evaluation for microelectronic applications

JH Kwon, SS Mukherjee, P Deorani, M Hayashi… - Applied Physics A, 2013 - Springer
The authors have investigated the possibility of utilizing spin waves for interchip and
intrachip communications, and as logic elements using both simulations and experimental …

Parametric excitation of magnetic vortex gyrations in spin-torque nano-oscillators

P Bortolotti, E Grimaldi, A Dussaux, J Grollier, V Cros… - Physical Review B, 2013 - APS
We experimentally demonstrate that large amplitude magnetic vortex gyrations can be
parametrically excited by the injection of radio-frequency (rf) current at twice the natural …

Spin-torque nano-oscillator based on a synthetic antiferromagnet free layer and perpendicular to plane polarizer

I Firastrau, LD Buda-Prejbeanu, B Dieny… - Journal of Applied …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
Coupled free layers systems used as active elements in spin-transfer nano-oscillators
(STNOs) can have improved microwave performances in terms of linewidth or tunability …