1. Influence of flicker noise and nonlinearity on the frequency spectrum of spin torque nano-oscillators
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Serge Galliou, Paolo Bortolotti, Kay Yakushiji, Julie Grollier, Vincent Cros, Hitoshi Kubota, Shinji Yuasa, Steffen Wittrock, Gilles Cibiel, Ursula Ebels, Philippe Talatchian, Denis Crété, Sumito Tsunegi, Enrico Rubiola, Akio Fukushima, Femto-st, Temps-fréquence, Unité mixte de physique CNRS/Thales (UMPhy CNRS/THALES), THALES [France]-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Spintronics Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), SPINtronique et TEchnologie des Composants (SPINTEC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire de Grenoble (IRIG), Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Franche-Comté Électronique Mécanique, Thermique et Optique - Sciences et Technologies (UMR 6174) (FEMTO-ST), Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard (UTBM)-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et des Microtechniques (ENSMM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC), ANR-10-LABX-4801,ANR-10-LABX-48-01,ANR-10-LABX-48-01, ANR-18-CE24-0012,SPINNET,La spintronique microondes pour les réseaux de capteurs sans fils(2018), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-THALES, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard (UTBM)-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et des Microtechniques (ENSMM)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Labex First-TF ANR-10-LABX-48-01, Cooperative Research Agreement Award No 70NANB14H20, through the University of Maryland, and 'SPINNET' ANR-18-CE24-0012
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0301 basic medicine ,[SPI.OTHER]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Other ,Spectral shape analysis ,Phase (waves) ,FOS: Physical sciences ,lcsh:Medicine ,Context (language use) ,Article ,[SPI]Engineering Sciences [physics] ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Nanoscience and technology ,Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) ,Phase noise ,Torque ,Flicker noise ,[NLIN]Nonlinear Sciences [physics] ,Statistical physics ,lcsh:Science ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,Spin-½ ,[PHYS]Physics [physics] ,Physics ,Multidisciplinary ,Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics ,[SPI.OTHER] Engineering Sciences [physics]/Other ,lcsh:R ,Nonlinear system ,030104 developmental biology ,lcsh:Q ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
The correlation of phase fluctuations in any type of oscillator fundamentally defines its spectral shape. However, in nonlinear oscillators, such as spin torque nano-oscillators, the frequency spectrum can become particularly complex. This is specifically true when not only considering thermal but also colored 1/f flicker noise processes, which are crucial in the context of the oscillator’s long term stability. In this study, we address the frequency spectrum of spin torque oscillators in the regime of large-amplitude steady oscillations experimentally and as well theoretically. We particularly take both thermal and flicker noise into account. We perform a series of measurements of the phase noise and the spectrum on spin torque vortex oscillators, notably varying the measurement time duration. Furthermore, we develop the modelling of thermal and flicker noise in Thiele equation based simulations. We also derive the complete phase variance in the framework of the nonlinear auto-oscillator theory and deduce the actual frequency spectrum. We investigate its dependence on the measurement time duration and compare with the experimental results. Long term stability is important in several of the recent applicative developments of spin torque oscillators. This study brings some insights on how to better address this issue.
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- 2020
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