2019/09/18 by B. Gunnar Malm, Malm, B. Gunnar, Anders Eklund +3
Physics and Astronomy · #Applied Physics (physics.app-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) #cond-mat.mes-hall #physics.app-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1909.08431
Presented at the 25th International Conference on Noise and Fluctuations ICNF 2019, Neuchatel, Switzerland, June 18-21, 2019
arxiv created 2019/09/18 · arxiv updated 2019/09/19
The time domain stability of microwave spin torque oscillators (STOs) has been investigated by systematic micromagnetic simulations. A model based on internal spin wave reflection at grain boundaries with reduced exchange coupling was implemented and used to study the oscillator under quasi-stable operating conditions. Telegraphic mode jumping between two operating frequencies (23.3 and 24.1 GHz) was observed in the time domain with characteristic dwell times in the range of 10-100 ns. The oscillating volume was shown to have a different shape at the distinct operating frequencies. The shape difference is governed by spin wave reflections at the grain boundaries. The resulting non-linear behavior of the oscillator was shown to be a collective effect of spin wave scattering at different locations within a few spin wavelengths from the nano-contact.