Current-driven switching in magnetic multilayer nanopillars (invited)

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 95, Issue 11 II, 2004, Pages 7429-7434

  Urazhdin, S ^a   Birge, Norman O ^a   Pratt Jr , W P ^a   Bass, J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE ANISOTROPY; CURRENT DRIVEN SWITCHING; ELECTRON SPIN FLIPPING; MAGNETIC MULTILAYERS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETOSTRICTION; MULTILAYERS; SWITCHING;

GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE;

EID: 2942683469     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1687294     Document Type: Conference Paper

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