Micromagnetic understanding of current-driven domain wall motion in patterned nanowires

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 990-996

  Thiaville, A ^a   Nakatani, Y ^a,b   Miltat, J ^a   Suzuki, Y ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 15944378194     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2004-10452-6     Document Type: Article

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