Direct observation of domain-wall configurations transformed by spin currents

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Klaui M ^a,b   Jubert, P O ^b   Allenspach, R ^b   Bischof, A ^b   Bland, J A C ^c   Faini, G ^d   Rudiger U ^a   Vaz, C A F ^c   Vila, L ^d   Vouille, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPIN CURRENTS; WALL SPIN STRUCTURE;

CORRELATION METHODS; POLARIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 27144486090     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.026601     Document Type: Article

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