Large Hysteresis effect in Synchronization of Nanocontact Vortex Oscillators by Microwave Fields

S Perna1, L Lopez-Diaz2, M d'Aquino3

  • 1University of Naples Federico II, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, I-80125 Naples, Italy.

Scientific Reports
|August 20, 2016
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