Domain wall propagation in magnetic nanowires by spin-polarized current injection

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 526-532

  Vernier, N ^a,b   Allwood, D A ^a   Atkinson, D ^a   Cooke, M D ^a   Cowburn, R P ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

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EID: 1142277243     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2003-10112-5     Document Type: Article

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