Magnetization switching and microwave oscillations in nanomagnets driven by spin-polarized currents

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2005, Pages

  Bertotti, G ^a   Serpico, C ^b   Mayergoyz, I D ^c   Magni, A ^a   D'Aquino, M ^b   Bonin, R ^a,d  

^a ISTITUTO ELETTROTECNICO NAZIONALE GALILEO FERRARIS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOPF BIFURACTION; MAGNETIZATION SWITCHING; MICROWAVE OSCILLATIONS; NANOMAGNETS; SPIN-POLARIZED CURRENTS;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIZATION; MICROWAVES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OSCILLATIONS; SWITCHING;

MAGNETS;

EID: 18144418592     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.127206     Document Type: Article

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