Holographic Magnetic Imaging of Single-Layer Nanocontact Spin-Transfer Oscillators

Erick O. Burgos Parra*, Nick Bukin, Maxime Dupraz, Guillaume Beutier, Sohrab Redjai Sani, Horia Popescu, Stuart A. Cavill, Johan Akerman, Nicolas Jaouen, Paul S. Keatley, Robert J. Hicken, Gerrit Van Der Laan, Feodor Y. Ogrin

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Abstract

Time-averaged images of the magnetization within single-layer spin-transfer oscillators have been obtained using the holography with extended reference by autocorrelation linear differential operator technique. Transport measurements on a Pd(5)-Cu(20)-Ni81Fe19(7)-Cu(2)-Pd(2) (in nanometers) stack with a 100 nm diameter nanocontact reveal the presence of vortex dynamics. Magnetic images of the device for injected current values of 24 and-24 mA suggest that a vortex has been ejected from the nanocontact and become pinned at the edge of the region that is visible through the Au mask.

Original languageEnglish
Article number7404250
Number of pages4
JournalAdvances in magnetics
Volume52
Issue number7
Early online date11 Feb 2016
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2016

Keywords

  • HERALDO
  • Magnetic vortex
  • Spin transfer torque

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