Currents, torques, and polarization factors in magnetic tunnel junctions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Slonczewski, J C ^a,b  

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

^b IBM RSM Emeritus   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; POLARIZATION; PREDICTION; THICKNESS; TORQUE; VACUUM;

EID: 17044416758     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.024411     Document Type: Article

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