Self-feedback electrically coupled spin-Hall oscillator array for pattern-matching operation

Abstract

An oscillator array has been proposed for associative memory, in which the synchronization of multiple oscillators is utilized for pattern-matching operations. An input pattern is represented by a set of frequency shifts of the oscillators and the matching result is attributed to the degree of synchronization. Here, we propose an electrically coupled spin-Hall oscillator (SHO) array in which multiple SHOs exhibit synchronization by interacting with each other through self-feedback spin torques. We numerically demonstrate the pattern matching functionality of the proposed SHO array.