Temperature study of the spin-transfer switching speed from dc to 100 ps

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Devolder, T ^a   Tulapurkar, A ^b   Suzuki, Y ^b   Chappert, C ^a   Crozat, P ^a   Yagami, K ^c  

^a INSTITUT D'OPTIQUE GRADUATE SCHOOL   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c SONY CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPERE FIELD; GILBERT FLUCTUATIONS; SPIN-TRANSFER SWITCHING; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS;

COBALT COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS; REMANENCE; SWITCHING; TORQUE;

MAGNETIZATION;

EID: 25144482303     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2012512     Document Type: Article

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