A 20 nm spin Hall nano-oscillatorShow others and affiliations
2017 (English)In: Nanoscale, ISSN 2040-3364, E-ISSN 2040-3372, Vol. 9, no 3, p. 1285-1291Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Spin Hall nano-oscillators (SHNOs) are an emerging class of pure spin current driven microwave signal generators. Through the fabrication of 20 nm nano-constrictions in Pt/NiFe bilayers, we demonstrate that SHNOs can be scaled down to truly nanoscopic dimensions, with the added benefit of ultra-low operating currents and improved power conversion efficiency. The lateral confinement leads to a strong shape anisotropy field as well as an additional demagnetizing field whose reduction with increasing auto-oscillation amplitude can yield a positive current tunability contrary to the negative tunability commonly observed for localized excitations in extended magnetic layers. Micromagnetic simulations corroborate the experimental findings and suggest that the active magnetodynamic area resides up to 100 nm outside of the nano-constriction.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
RSC Publishing, 2017. Vol. 9, no 3, p. 1285-1291
Keywords [en]
Materials properties, Nanostructured materials, Auto-oscillations, Demagnetizing field, Lateral confinement, Localized excitations, Low operating current, Micromagnetic simulations, Microwave signals, nocv1, Power conversion efficiencies, Microwave oscillators
National Category
Nano Technology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-202213DOI: 10.1039/c6nr07903bISI: 000394781100035PubMedID: 28054694Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85010417228OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-202213DiVA, id: diva2:1083017
Note
Correspondence Address: Dürrenfeld, P.; School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing UniversityChina; email: pduerrenfeld@nju.edu.cn. QC 20170320
2017-03-202017-03-202024-03-15Bibliographically approved