Skyrmion based spin-torque nano-oscillator

Abstract

Using micromagnetic simulation, we investigate the self-sustained oscillation of magnetic skyrmion in a ferromagnetic circular nanodot, driven by spin-torque which is generated from a reference layer of a circular nanopillar device. We demonstrate, by lowering the value of uniaxial anisotropy constant ($K_u$), the velocity of the skyrmion can be increased and using this property, gyration frequency of the skyrmion oscillator can be enhanced. Annihilation of the skyrmion at higher current densities, limit the gyration frequency of the oscillator, whereas by modifying the $K_u$ value at the edge of nanodot, we are able to protect the skyrmion from being annihilated at higher current densities which in turn, increases the gyration frequency of the skyrmion based oscillator. By linear fitting the velocity value, obtained from the motion of the skyrmion in a nanostrip, we also predict the gyration frequency of the skyrmion in the nanodot which proves the validity of our idea in an intuitive way. We have also varied the radius of the nanodisk to see its effect on skyrmion.