Issue 3, 2017

A 20 nm spin Hall nano-oscillator

Abstract

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.

Graphical abstract: A 20 nm spin Hall nano-oscillator

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
08 Oct 2016
Accepted
16 Dec 2016
First published
05 Jan 2017

Nanoscale, 2017,9, 1285-1291

A 20 nm spin Hall nano-oscillator

P. Dürrenfeld, A. A. Awad, A. Houshang, R. K. Dumas and J. Åkerman, Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 1285 DOI: 10.1039/C6NR07903B

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