Time-resolved spin-torque switching and enhanced damping in Permalloy/Cu/Permalloy spin-valve nanopillars

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 24, 2006, Pages

  Emley, N C ^a   Krivorotov, I N ^a   Ozatay, O ^a   Garcia, A G F ^a   Sankey, J C ^a   Ralph, D C ^a   Buhrman, R A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOYING ELEMENTS; ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMPING; SWITCHING; TORQUE;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC OXIDE; GILBERT DAMPING PARAMETERS; LANDAU-LIFSHITZ-GILBERT MACROSPIN SIMULATIONS; PERMALLOY ELLIPTICAL NANOPILLARS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33745248664     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.247204     Document Type: Article

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