Current-induced switching in single ferromagenetic layer nanopillar junctions

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 16, 2006, Pages

  Ozyilmaz B ^a,b   Kent, A D ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT SWEEPS; CURRENT-INDUCED MAGNETIZATION DYNAMICS; CURRENT-INDUCED SWITCHING; FERROMAGENETIC LAYER NANOPILLAR JUNCTIONS;

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNESIA; MAGNETIZATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SWITCHING;

SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

EID: 33646196270     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2195780     Document Type: Article

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