Current-induced magnetization switching in small domains of different anisotropies

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Bazaliy, Ya B ^a   Jones, B A ^b   Zhang, Shou Cheng ^c  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DEVICE; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; OSCILLATION; POLARIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; THEORY;

EID: 2342435156     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.094421     Document Type: Article

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