Static, periodic, and chaotic magnetization behavior induced by spin-transfer torque in magnetic nanopillars

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 14, 2005, Pages

  Xi, Haiwen ^a   Shi, Yiming ^a   Gao, Kai Zhong ^a  

^a SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 25844491546     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.144418     Document Type: Article

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