Current-induced magnetization reversal in high magnetic fields in Co/Cu/Co nanopillars

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Ozyilmaz B ^a   Kent, A D ^a   Monsma, D ^b   Sun, J Z ^c   Rooks, M J ^c   Koch, R H ^c  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; COERCIVE FORCE; COPPER; CURRENT DENSITY; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIZATION;

CURRENT-INDUCED MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL; GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE EFFECT; MAGNETORESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; MICROMAGNETIC MODELLING; SPIN-TRANSFER TORQUE;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 0141634096     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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