Noncollinear spin transfer in Co/Cu/Co multilayers (invited)

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 91, Issue 10 I, 2002, Pages 6812-6817

  Stiles, M D ^a   Zangwill, A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT POLARIZATION; FERROMAGNETIC LAYERS; NONCOLLINEAR; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SINGLE POINT; SPIN TRANSFER; SPIN TRANSFER TORQUE; SPIN-ACCUMULATIONS;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE;

MULTILAYERS;

EID: 0037094969     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1446123     Document Type: Article

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