Spin-transfer torque for continuously variable magnetization

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Xiao, Jiang ^a   Zangwill, A ^a   Stiles, M D ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 33344477053     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.054428     Document Type: Article

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