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Domain wall (DW) oscillators have recently acquired a huge amount of research interest, due to their promising easy tunability along with the miniature single-layered structure. The output frequency control of DW oscillator through magnetic field and current has been studied in detail; but, there are issues yet to be addressed. Here, we propose several designs of DW oscillators and try to address some issues of control, output frequency and input power.

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  1. Microelectronics Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, 10100 Burnet Road, Austin, TX, 78758, USA

    Bahniman Ghosh

  2. Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, India

    Gaurav Solanki

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Ghosh, B., Solanki, G. Domain wall oscillators. Appl. Phys. A 118, 101–106 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-014-8768-6

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