Article Analysis of an all-in-plane spin-torque oscillator using injection locking to an external microwave magnetic field

Hirofumi Suto SAMURAI ORCID (National Institute for Materials Science) ; Hossein Sepehri-Amin SAMURAI ORCID (National Institute for Materials Science) ; Nagarjuna Asam ORCID (National Institute for Materials Science) ; Weinan Zhou SAMURAI ORCID (National Institute for Materials Science) ; Anton Bolyachkin SAMURAI ORCID (National Institute for Materials Science) ; Masayuki Takagishi ; Naoyuki Narita ; Shingo Tamaru ; Tomoya Nakatani SAMURAI ORCID (National Institute for Materials Science) ; Yuya Sakuraba SAMURAI ORCID (National Institute for Materials Science)

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Hirofumi Suto, Hossein Sepehri-Amin, Nagarjuna Asam, Weinan Zhou, Anton Bolyachkin, Masayuki Takagishi, Naoyuki Narita, Shingo Tamaru, Tomoya Nakatani, Yuya Sakuraba. Analysis of an all-in-plane spin-torque oscillator using injection locking to an external microwave magnetic field. Applied Physics Express. 2021, 14 (5), 53001-53001. https://doi.org/10.48505/nims.4560
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We experimentally study the magnetization dynamics of an all-in-plane spin-torque oscillator (AIP-STO) by using injection locking to an external microwave magnetic field. The AIP-STO exhibits multiple frequency signals corresponding not only to the oscillation frequencies of the magnetic layers but also to the difference between these frequencies. The oscillation frequency is identified based on the principle that injection locking occurs only to the signal corresponding to the magnetization oscillation. We also analyze the magnetization dynamics during injection locking by micromagnetic simulations. The results demonstrate that injection locking is a powerful tool for elucidating the oscillation of the AIP-STO.

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    This is an author-created, un-copyedited version of an article accepted for publication/published in Applied Physics Express. IOP Publishing Ltd is not responsible for any errors or omissions in this version of the manuscript or any version derived from it. The Version of Record is available online at https://doi.org/10.35848/1882-0786/abf667.

Keyword: spin-torque oscillator, injection locking, spin-transfer torque, microwave-assisted magnetic recording , micro magnetic simulation

Date published: 2021-05-01

Publisher: IOP Publishing

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  • Applied Physics Express (ISSN: 18820778) vol. 14 issue. 5 p. 53001-53001

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  • JSPS JP19K05257 (Design and development of spin-torque-oscillator and recording media for microwave assisted magnetic recording)
  • ASRC

Manuscript type: Author's version (Accepted manuscript)

MDR DOI: https://doi.org/10.48505/nims.4560

First published URL: https://doi.org/10.35848/1882-0786/abf667

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