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Single-spin spectroscopy of spontaneous and phase-locked spin-torque-oscillator dynamics

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Publication Date2023-11-28
JournalPhysical Review Applied
AuthorsAdrian Solyom, Michael Caouette-Mansour, Brandon Ruffolo, P. M. Braganca, Lilian Childress
InstitutionsMcGill University, Western Digital (United States)
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Nanoscale magnetic circuits provide an alternate paradigm for computation and signal processing, but characterizing the GHz-frequency magnetic dynamics in these systems has been challenging. The authors use the single spin of a nitrogen-vacancy (N-$V$) center in diamond to probe nanoscale magnetic fields in the GHz regime, identifying signatures of a free-running and phase-locked spin-torque oscillator in the fluorescence spectrum of a proximal N-$V$, and measure how the dynamics impact the N-$V$ā€˜s spin relaxation. This technique could enable new sensing modalities for revealing the nanoscale structure of GHz-frequency dynamics in emerging magnetic nanotechnologies.