Current-induced magnetization switching in magnetic tunnel junctions

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 2871-2873

  Liu, Yaowen ^a,b   Zhang, Zongzhi ^a,b   Freitas, P P ^a,b   Martins, J L ^a,b  

^a INESC   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL CURRENTS; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIZATION; SWITCHING; TORQUE;

MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 0038297131     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1569044     Document Type: Article

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