Circuit model for domain walls in ferromagnetic nanowires: Application to conductance and spin transfer torques

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 1-9

  Falloon, Peter E ^a,b   Jalabert, Rodolfo A ^b   Weinmann, Dietmar ^b   Stamps, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE DES MATÉRIAUX DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONDUCTANCE; DEVICE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FERROMAGNETIC NANOWIRE; MAGNETISM; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETER; SPIN TRANSFER TORQUES; VELOCITY;

EID: 12244299189     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.174424     Document Type: Article

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