Feedback-voltage driven chaos in three-terminal spin-torque oscillator

Abstract

Recent observations of chaos in nanomagnet suggest a possibility of new spintronics applications such as random-number generator and neuromorphic computing. However, large amount of electric current and/or magnetic field are necessary for the excitation of chaos, which are unsuitable for energy-saving applications. Here, we propose an excitation of chaos in three-terminal spin-torque oscillator (STO). The driving force of the chaos is voltage-controlled magnetic anisotropy (VCMA) effect, which enables us to manipulate magnetization dynamics without spending electric current or magnetic field, and thus, energy efficient. In particular, we focus on the VCMA effect generated by feedback signal from the STO since feedback effect is known to be effective in exciting chaos in dynamical system. Solving the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert (LLG) equation numerically and applying temporal and statistical analyses to its solution, the existence of the chaotic and transient-chaotic magnetization dynamics driven by the feedback VCMA effect is identified.