Controllable frequency tunability and parabolic-like threshold current behavior in spin Hall nano-oscillators (2402.01570v1)

Abstract: We investigate the individual impacts of critical magnetodynamical parameters-effective magnetization and magnetic damping-on the auto-oscillation characteristics of nano-constriction-based Spin Hall Nano-Oscillators (SHNOs). Our micromagnetic simulations unveil a distinctive non-monotonic relationship between current and auto-oscillation frequency in out-of-plane magnetic fields. The influence of effective magnetization on frequency tunability varies with out-of-plane field strengths. At large out-of-plane fields, the frequency tunability is predominantly governed by effective magnetization, achieving a current tunability of 1 GHz/mA-four times larger than that observed at the lowest effective magnetization. Conversely, at low out-of-plane fields, although a remarkably high-frequency tunability of 4 GHz/mA is observed, the effective magnetization alters the onset of the transition from a linear-like mode to a spin-wave bullet mode. Magnetic damping primarily affects the threshold current with negligible impact on auto-oscillation frequency tunability. The threshold current scales linearly with increased magnetic damping at a constant out-of-plane field but exhibits a parabolic behavior with variations in out-of-plane fields. This behavior is attributed to the qualitatively distinct evolution of the auto-oscillation mode across different out-of-plane field values. Our study not only extends the versatility of SHNOs for oscillator-based neuromorphic computing with controllable frequency tunability but also unveils the intricate auto-oscillation dynamics in out-of-plane fields.