Time-resolved imaging of spin transfer switching: Beyond the macrospin concept

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 21, 2006, Pages

  Acremann, Y ^a   Strachan, J P ^b   Chembrolu, V ^b   Andrews, S D ^c   Tyliszczak, T ^d   Katine, J A ^e   Carey, M J ^e   Clemens, B M ^c   Siegmann, H C ^a   Stohr J ^a  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e SAN JOSE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SWITCHING; X RAY MICROSCOPES;

MACROSPIN; MAGNETIC SYMMETRY; SPIN TRANSFER;

MAGNETIZATION;

EID: 33744538886     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.217202     Document Type: Article

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