From giant magnetoresistance to current-induced switching by spin transfer

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Barnas J ^a,b   Fert, A ^c   Gmitra, M ^a   Weymann, I ^a   Dugaev, V K ^d,e  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^e FRANTSEVICH INSTITUTE FOR PROBLEMS OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Ukraine)

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EID: 33644934914     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.024426     Document Type: Article

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