Spin transfer switching current reduction in magnetic tunnel junction based dual spin filter structures

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 87, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Huai, Yiming ^a   Pakala, Mahendra ^a   Diao, Zhitao ^a   Ding, Yunfei ^a  

^a Grandis Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT REDUCTION; MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION; SPIN TRANSFER; SWITCHING CURRENT;

CURRENT DENSITY; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRIC FILTERS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; EXTRAPOLATION; MAGNETORESISTANCE;

MAGNETIZATION;

EID: 27944453473     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2138363     Document Type: Article

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