RF signal detector and energy harvester based on a spin-torque diode with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy

Abstract

We demonstrate theoretically that in a spintronic diode (SD), having a free magnetic layer with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy of the first and second order and no external bias magnetic field, the out-of-plane regime of magnetization precession can be excited by sufficiently large (exceeding a certain threshold) RF signals with the frequencies ≲250 MHz. We also show that such a device can operate as a broadband energy harvester capable of converting incident RF power into a DC power with a conversion efficiency of ∼5%. The developed analytical theory of the bias-free SD operation can be used for the optimization of high-efficiency RF detectors and energy harvesters based on SDs.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2021
Source ID
10.1063/5.0042390

Entities

People

  • Andrei Slavin
  • Elena Bankowski
  • Oleksandr Prokopenko
  • P. Yu. Artemchuk
  • Thomas Meitzler
  • V. S. Tyberkevych

Organizations

  • Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
  • NATO
  • National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
  • Oakland University
  • Office of Emerging Frontiers and Multidisciplinary Activities
  • Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
  • United States Army

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Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics