Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2010
Abstract
We experimentally demonstrate a series of fractional synchronization regimes (Devil's staircase) in a spin-torque nano-oscillator driven by a microwave field. These regimes are characterized by rational relations between the driving frequency and the frequency of the oscillation. An analysis based on the phase model of auto-oscillator indicates that fractional synchronization becomes possible when the driving signal breaks the symmetry of the oscillation, while the synchronization ranges are determined by the geometry of the oscillation orbit. Measurements of fractional synchronization can be utilized to obtain information about the oscillation characteristics in nanoscale systems not accessible to direct imaging techniques.
Digital Commons Citation
Urazhdin, Sergei; Tabor, Phillip; Tiberkevich, Vasil; and Slavin, Andrei, "Fractional Synchronization of Spin-Torque Nano-Oscillators" (2010). Faculty & Staff Scholarship. 172.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/faculty_publications/172
Source Citation
Urazhdin, Sergei., Tabor, Phillip., Tiberkevich, Vasil., & Slavin, Andrei. (2010). Fractional Synchronization Of Spin-Torque Nano-Oscillators. Physical Review Letters, 105(10). http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.104101