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We present an experimental study of spin-torque driven vortex self-oscillations in magnetic nanocontacts. We find that above a certain threshold in applied currents, the vortex gyration around the nanocontact is modulated by relaxation…

We investigate the dynamics of a magnetic vortex driven by spin-transfer torque due to spin current in the adiabatic case. The vortex core represented by collective coordinate experiences a transverse force proportional to the product of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Junya Shibata , Yoshinobu Nakatani , Gen Tatara , Hiroshi Kohno , Yoshichika Otani

We study the dynamics of a vortex state nanodisk due to a dc spin current, perpendicular to the disk plane. The irreversible switching of the vortex polarity takes place above some threshold current. The detailed description of these…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-08-26 Denis D. Sheka , Yuri Gaididei , Franz G. Mertens

Spin torque from spin current applied to a nanoscale region of a ferromagnet can act as negative magnetic damping and thereby excite self-oscillations of its magnetization. In contrast, spin torque uniformly applied to the magnetization of…

The spin-transfer effect is investigated for the vortex state of a magnetic nanodot. A spin current is shown to act similarly to an effective magnetic field perpendicular to the nanodot. Then a vortex with magnetization (polarity) parallel…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-11 Jean-Guy Caputo , Yuri Gaididei , Franz G. Mertens , Denis D. Sheka

Spin-torque nano-oscillators (STNOs) are promising nanoscale microwave sources for spintronic applications, serving as signal generators or elements in neuromorphic computing systems. In this paper, we investigate the experimental…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-11-10 Maksim Stebliy , Alex Jenkins , Luana Benetti , Ricardo Ferreira

Spin transfer torque-induced high-frequency dynamics of single thin cobalt-layer nanopillars of circular and elliptical shape have been observed directly. Two types of precessional modes can be identified as a function of magnetic field…

Materials Science · Physics 2012-01-13 N. Müsgens , S. Fahrendorf , T. Maassen , A. Heiss , J. Mayer , B. Özyilmaz , B. Beschoten , G. Güntherodt

This study conducts a comprehensive investigation into the reversal mechanism of magnetic vortex cores in a nanopillar system composed of two coupled ferromagnetic dots under zero magnetic field conditions. The research employs a…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-02-24 A. Hamadeh , A. Koujok , S. Perna , D. R. Rodrigues , A. Riveros , V. Lomakin , G. Finocchio , G. de Loubens , O. Klein , P. Pirro

The current-induced resonant excitation of a magnetic vortex core is investigated by means of analytical and micromagnetic calculations. We find that the radius and the phase shift of the resonant motion are not correctly described by the…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 Jung-Hwan Moon , Dong-Hyun Kim , Myung Hwa Jung , Kyung-Jin Lee

Formation of a magnetic hysteresis loop with respect to a bias voltage is investigated theoretically in a spin-valve device based on a single magnetic molecule. We consider a device consisting of two ferromagnetic electrodes bridged by a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-05-09 Anna Płomińska , Maciej Misiorny , Ireneusz Weymann

We present experimental evidence of sub-GHz spin-transfer oscillations in metallic nano-contacts that are due to the translational motion of a magnetic vortex. The vortex is shown to execute large-amplitude orbital motion outside the…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 Q. Mistral , M. van Kampen , G. Hrkac , Joo-Von Kim , T. Devolder , P. Crozat , C. Chappert , L. Lagae , T. Schrefl

We report on the switching of a magnetic vortex core in a sub-micron Permalloy disk, induced by a short current pulse applied in the film plane. Micromagnetic simulations including the adiabatic and non-adiabatic spin-torque terms are used…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 Y. Liu , S. Gliga , R. Hertel , C. M. Schneider

We present electrical measurements of high-frequency magnetic dynamics excited by spin-polarized currents in Co/Cu/Ni80Fe20 nanopillar devices, with a magnetic field applied perpendicular to the sample layers. As a function of current and…

Spin-transfer torques in magnetic nanocontacts can lead to self-sustained magnetization oscillations that involve large-amplitude gyrotropic vortex motion. This dynamics consists of a steady state orbit around the nanocontact, which is made…

Materials Science · Physics 2010-07-23 Joo-Von Kim , Thibaut Devolder

Spin torque and spin Hall effect nanooscillators generate high intensity spin wave auto oscillations on the nanoscale enabling novel microwave applications in spintronics, magnonics, and neuromorphic computing. For their operation, these…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-06-19 M. Haidar , A. A. Awad , M. Dvornik , R. Khymyn , A. Houshang , J. Akerman

The switching process of the vortex core in a Permalloy nanodisk affected by a rotating magnetic field is studied theoretically. A detailed description of magnetization dynamics is obtained by micromagnetic simulations.

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-08-26 Volodymyr P. Kravchuk , Denis D. Sheka , Yuri Gaididei , Franz G. Mertens

We present a possibility to switch the chirality of a spin vortex occurring in a magnetic nanodisk by applying a uniform in-plane field pulse, based on optimizing its strength and duration. The related spin-dynamical process, investigated…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-05-29 Roman Antos , Yoshichika Otani

A nonlinear model of spin-wave excitation involving a point contact in a thin ferromagnetic film that includes the Oersted magnetic field contribution is presented. We consider the case of an external dc field applied perpendicular to the…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 M. A. Hoefer , T. J. Silva

We consider the current-induced dynamics of insulating antiferromagnets in a spin Hall geometry. Sufficiently large in-plane currents perpendicular to the N\'{e}el order trigger spontaneous oscillations at frequencies between the acoustic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-05-23 Ran Cheng , Di Xiao , Arne Brataas

We report experimental and analytical work on spin-transfer torque induced vortex dynamics in metallic nanopillars with in-plane magnetized layers. We study nanopillars with a diameter of 150 nm, containing two Fe layers with a thickness of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-09-14 Volker Sluka , Attila Kakay , Alina M. Deac , Daniel E. Bürgler , Riccardo Hertel , Claus M. Schneider