Spin-torque building blocks

N Locatelli, V Cros, J Grollier - Nature materials, 2014 - nature.com
The discovery of the spin-torque effect has made magnetic nanodevices realistic candidates
for active elements of memory devices and applications. Magnetoresistive effects allow the …

Recent advances in nanocontact spin-torque oscillators

RK Dumas, SR Sani, SM Mohseni… - IEEE transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a comprehensive review of the most recent advances in nanocontact spin torque
oscillators (NC-STOs). NC-STOs are highly tunable, with both applied magnetic field and dc …

[HTML][HTML] Spin nano–oscillator–based wireless communication

HS Choi, SY Kang, SJ Cho, IY Oh, M Shin, H Park… - Scientific reports, 2014 - nature.com
Spin–torque nano–oscillators (STNOs) have outstanding advantages of a high degree of
compactness, high–frequency tunability and good compatibility with the standard …

Noise-enhanced synchronization of stochastic magnetic oscillators

N Locatelli, A Mizrahi, A Accioly, R Matsumoto… - Physical Review …, 2014 - APS
We present an experimental study of phase locking in a stochastic magnetic oscillator. The
system comprises a magnetic tunnel junction with a superparamagnetic free layer, whose …

Spin-wave modes in permalloy/platinum wires and tuning of the mode damping by spin Hall current

Z Duan, CT Boone, X Cheng, IN Krivorotov, N Reckers… - Physical Review B, 2014 - APS
We report measurements of spectral properties of spin-wave modes in permalloy/platinum
(Py/Pt) bilayer wires magnetized along two principal in-plane axes. We find that the spin …

High power all-metal spin torque oscillator using full Heusler Co2 (Fe, Mn) Si

T Seki, Y Sakuraba, H Arai, M Ueda, R Okura… - Applied Physics …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We showed the high rf power (P out) emission from an all-metal spin torque oscillator (STO)
with a Co 2 Fe 0.4 Mn 0.6 Si (CFMS)/Ag/CFMS giant magnetoresistance (GMR) stack, which …

Perfect and robust phase-locking of a spin transfer vortex nano-oscillator to an external microwave source

A Hamadeh, N Locatelli, VV Naletov, R Lebrun… - Applied Physics …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We study the synchronization of the auto-oscillation signal generated by the spin transfer
driven dynamics of two coupled vortices in a spin-valve nanopillar to an external source …

[HTML][HTML] Sensitivity to external signals and synchronization properties of a non-isochronous auto-oscillator with delayed feedback

VS Tiberkevich, RS Khymyn, HX Tang, AN Slavin - Scientific reports, 2014 - nature.com
For auto-oscillators of different nature (eg active cells in a human heart under the action of a
pacemaker, neurons in brain, spin-torque nano-oscillators, micro and nano-mechanical …

Robust synchronization of an arbitrary number of spin-torque-driven vortex nano-oscillators

S Erokhin, D Berkov - Physical Review B, 2014 - APS
Nonlinear magnetization dynamics in ferromagnetic nanoelements excited by a spin-
polarized dc current is one of the most intensively studied phenomena in solid-state …

Parametric excitation in a magnetic tunnel junction-based spin torque oscillator

P Dürrenfeld, E Iacocca, J Åkerman… - Applied Physics …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Using microwave current injection at room temperature, we demonstrate parametric
excitation of a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ)-based spin-torque oscillator (STO). Parametric …