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arxiv 2012.00978 v1 pith:6R25KXJI submitted 2020-12-02 cond-mat.mes-hall

Spin orbit torque controlled stochastic oscillators with synchronization and frequency tunability

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keywords synchronizationstochasticoscillatorsambientdemonstratedfrequencynoiseorbit
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Stochastic oscillators based on emerging nanodevices are attractive because of their ultra-low power requirement and ability to exhibit stochastic resonance, a phenomenon where synchronization to weak input signals is enabled due to ambient noise. In this work, a low barrier nanomagnet based stochastic oscillator is demonstrated, whose output jumps spontaneously between two states by harnessing the ambient thermal noise, requiring no additional power. Utilizing spin orbit torque in a three terminal device configuration, phase synchronization of these oscillators to weak periodic drives of particular frequencies is demonstrated. Experiments are performed to show the tunability of this synchronization frequency by controlling an electrical feedback parameter. The current required for synchronization is more than 8 times smaller than that required for deterministic switching of similar nanomagnetic devices. A model based on Kramers' transition rate in a symmetric double well potential is adopted and dynamical simulations are performed to explain the experimental results.

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