Images of a spin-torque-driven magnetic nano-oscillator |
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Authors: | Yu X W Pribiag V S Acremann Y Tulapurkar A A Tyliszczak T Chou K W Bräuer B Li Z-P Lee O J Gowtham P G Ralph D C Buhrman R A Stöhr J |
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Institution: | Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA. |
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Abstract: | We present the first space- and time-resolved images of the spin-torque-induced steady-state oscillation of a magnetic vortex in a spin-valve nanostructure. We find that the vortex structure in a nanopillar is considerably more complicated than the 2D idealized structure often-assumed, which has important implications for the driving efficiency. The sense of the vortex gyration is uniquely determined by the vortex core polarity, confirming that the spin-torque acts as a source of negative damping even in such a strongly nonuniform magnetic system. The orbit radius is ~10 nm, in agreement with micromagnetic simulations. |
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