Precession-dominated switching of synthetic antiferromagnets

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 4094-4096

  Kim, Joo Von ^a   Devolder, T ^a   Chappert, C ^a   Maufront, C ^b   Fournel, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b STMICROELECTRONICS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MULTILAYERS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; SWITCHING; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

HIGH DENSITY INFORMATION STORAGE; INTERLAYERS; MAGNETIC MEMORY DEVICES; MAGNETORESISTIVE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (MRAM);

ANTIFERROELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 10044235306     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1812576     Document Type: Article

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