Spin-torque nano-oscillator based on two in-plane magnetized synthetic ferrimagnets

Abstract

We report the dynamic characterization of the spin-torque-driven in-plane precession modes of a spin-torque nano-oscillator based on two different synthetic ferrimagnets: a pinned one characterized by a strong Ruderman–Kittel–Kasuya–Yosida (RKKY) interaction, which is exchange-coupled to an antiferromagnetic layer; and a non-pinned one characterized by weak RKKY coupling. The microwave properties associated with the steady-state precession of both synthetic ferrimagnets (SyFs) are characterized by high spectral purity and power spectral density. However, frequency dispersion diagrams of the damped and spin-transfer torque modes reveal drastically different dynamical behavior and microwave emission properties in both SyFs. In particular, the weak coupling between the magnetic layers of the non-pinned SyF raises discontinuous dispersion diagrams suggesting a strong influence of mode crossing. An interpretation of the different dynamical features observed in the damped and spin-torque modes of both SyF systems was obtained by solving simultaneously, in a macrospin approach, a linearized version of the Landau–Lifshitz–Gilbert equation including the spin-transfer torque term.