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Injection Locking and Phase Control of Spin Transfer Nano-Oscillators

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Author(s)

William Rippard, Matthew Pufall, Shehzaad F. Kaka, Thomas J. Silva, Stephen E. Russek, Jordan A. Katine

Abstract

We have directly measured phase locking of spin transfer oscillators to an injected ac current. The oscillators lock to signals up to several hundred megahertz away from their natural oscillation frequencies, depending on the relative strength of the input. As the dc current varies over the locking range, time-domain measurements show that the phase of the spin transfer oscillations varies over a range of approximately ±90degrees} relative to the input. This is in good agreement with general theoretical analysis of injection locking of nonlinear oscillators.
Citation
Physical Review Letters
Volume
95
Issue
067203
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

injection locking, Spin transfer
Electromagnetics

Citation

Rippard, W. , Pufall, M. , Kaka, S. , Silva, T. , Russek, S. and Katine, J. (2005), Injection Locking and Phase Control of Spin Transfer Nano-Oscillators, Physical Review Letters, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=31932 (Accessed October 7, 2025)

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Created August 4, 2005, Updated October 12, 2021
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