Switching a spin valve back and forth by current-induced domain wall motion

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 509-511

  Grollier, J ^c   Boulenc, P ^c   Cros, V ^c   Hamzic A ^b   Vaures A ^c   Fert, A ^c   Faini, G ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MULTILAYERS;

DOMAIN WALL (DW);

MAGNETIC DOMAINS;

EID: 0042126737     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1594841     Document Type: Article

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