Current-induced magnetization switching under magnetic field applied along the hard axis in MgO-based magnetic tunnel junctions

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Inokuchi, T ^a   Sugiyama, H ^b   Saito, Y ^b   Inomata, K ^b,c  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MAGNESIA; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIZATION;

CURRENT-INDUCED MAGNETIZATION SWITCHING (CIMS); ENERGY BARRIERS; INTRINSIC CURRENT DENSITY; SPIN TRANSFER;

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 33748483872     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2338016     Document Type: Article

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