Spin-torque diode effect in magnetic tunnel junctions

Nature

Volumn 438, Issue 7066, 2005, Pages 339-342

  Tulapurkar, A A ^a,b,e   Suzuki, Y ^a,b,c   Fukushima, A ^a,b   Kubota, H ^a,b   Maehara, H ^d   Tsunekawa, K ^d   Djayaprawira, D D ^d   Watanabe, N ^d   Yuasa, S ^a,b  

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

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Electron Device Equipment Division Canon ANELVA Corporation ^*  (Japan)

^e SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; TELECOMMUNICATION;

MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; SPIN OSCILLATIONS; SPINTRONIC DEVICES;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

PHYSICS;

ACCELERATION; ALTERNATING CURRENT; ARTICLE; DIODE; DIRECT CURRENT; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR; TELECOMMUNICATION; TORQUE;

EID: 27844558383     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04207     Document Type: Article

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