Reduction of spin transfer by synthetic antiferromagnets

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 4257-4259

  Emley, N C ^a   Albert, F J ^a   Ryan, E M ^a   Krivorotov, I N ^a   Ralph, D C ^a   Buhrman, R A ^a   Daughton, J M ^b   Jander, A ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NVE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARALLEL (AP); CURRENT-PERPENDICULAR-TO-PLANE (CPP); SPIN TRANSFER (ST); SYNTHETIC ANTIFERROMAGNETS (SAF);

ANISOTROPY; COBALT; COPPER; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ETCHING; GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; ION BEAMS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; RUTHENIUM; SILICA; SWITCHING; TORQUE;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 2942668376     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1757638     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. J. A. Katine, F. J. Albert, E. B. Myers, D. C. Ralph, and R. A. Buhrman, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 3149 (2000).
2. F. J. Albert, J. A. Katine, R. A. Buhrman, and D. C. Ralph, Appl. Phys. Lett. 77, 3809 (2000).
3. J. Grollier, V. Cros, A. Hamzic, J. M. George, H. Jaffrès, A. Fert, G. Faini, J. Ben Youssef, and H. Legall, Appl. Phys. Lett. 78, 3663 (2000).
4. J. E. Wegrowe, D. Kelly, Y. Jaccard, P. Guittienne, and J. P. Ansermet, Europhys. Lett. 45, 626 (1999).
5. J. Z. Sun, D. J. Monsma, D. W. Abraham, M. J. Rooks, and R. H. Koch, Appl. Phys. Lett. 81, 2202 (2002).
6. S. Urazhdin, N. O. Birge, W. P. Pratt, Jr., and J. Bass, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 146803 (2003).
7. L. Berger, Phys. Rev. B 54, 9353 (1996).
8. J. C. Slonczewski, J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 159, L1 (1996).
9. K. Nagasaka, Y. Seyama, R. Kondo, H. Oshima, Y. Shimizu, and A. Tanaka, Fujitsu Sci. Tech. J. 37, 192 (2001).
10. S. S. P. Parkin and D. Mauri, Phys. Rev. B 44, 7131 (1991).
11. S. S. P. Parkin, N. More, and K. P. Roche, Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 2304 (1990).
12. F. J. Albert, N. C. Emley, E. B. Myers, D. C. Ralph, and R. A. Buhrman, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 226802 (2002).
13. L. Piraux, S. Dubois, A. Fert, and L. Belliard, Eur. Phys. J. B 4, 413 (1998).
14. K. Eid, R. Fonck, M. AlHaj Darwish, W. P. Pratt, Jr., and J. Bass, J. Appl. Phys. 91, 8102 (2002).
15. S. K. Upadhyay, R. N. Louie, and R. A. Buhrman, Appl. Phys. Lett. 74, 3881 (1999).
16. A. Rampe, D. Hartmann, W. Weber, S. Popovic, M. Reese, and G. Güntherodt, Phys. Rev. B 51, 3230 (1995).
17. L. Zhong and A. J. Freeman, J. Appl. Phys. 81, 3890 (1997).
18. E. B. Myers, F. J. Albert, J. C. Sankey, E. Bonet, R. A. Buhrman, and D. C. Ralph, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 196801 (2002).
19. S. I. Kiselev, J. C. Sankey, I. N. Krivorotov, N. C. Emley, R. J. Schoelkopf, R. A. Buhrman, and D. C. Ralph, Nature (London) 425, 380 (2003).
20. Z. Li and S. Zhang, cond-mat/0302339 (2003).
21. R. H. Koch, J. A. Katine, and J. Z. Sun, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 088302 (2004).
22. K. Nagasaka, Y. Seyama, L. Varga, Y. Shimizu, and A. Tanaka, J. Appl. Phys. 89, 6943 (2001).