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Detection of spin torque magnetization dynamics through low frequency noise

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We present a comparative study of high frequency dynamics and low frequency noise in elliptical magnetic tunnel junctions with lateral dimensions under 100 nm presenting current-switching phenomena. The analysis of the high frequency oscillation modes with respect to the current reveals the onset of a steady-state precession regime for negative bias currents above J = 10(7) A/cm(2), when the magnetic field is applied along the easy axis of magnetization. By the study of low frequency noise for the same samples, we demonstrate the direct link between changes in the oscillation modes with the applied current and the normalised low frequency (1/f) noise as a function of the bias current. These findings prove that low frequency noise studies could be a simple and powerful technique to investigate spin-torque based magnetization dynamics. (C) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC.

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hal-01588167 , version 1 (15-09-2017)

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Juan Pedro Cascales, David Herranz, Ursula Ebels, Jordan A. Katine, Farkhad G. Aliev. Detection of spin torque magnetization dynamics through low frequency noise. Applied Physics Letters, 2015, 107 (5), pp.052401. ⟨10.1063/1.4927827⟩. ⟨hal-01588167⟩
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