Oscillatory dependence of current-driven magnetic domain wall motion on current pulse length

Nature

Volumn 443, Issue 7108, 2006, Pages 197-200

  Thomas, Luc ^a   Hayashi, Masamitsu ^a,b   Jiang, Xin ^a   Moriya, Rai ^a   Rettner, Charles ^a   Parkin, Stuart S P ^a  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; LASER PULSES; MAGNETIZATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OSCILLATIONS; POLARIZATION;

MAGNETIC DOMAIN WALLS; QUASI-STATIC CONDITIONS; SPIN MOMENTUM TRANSFER; SPIN-POLARIZED ELECTRICAL CURRENT;

MAGNETIC DOMAINS;

AMPLIFICATION; ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANGULAR MOMENTUM; CURRENT VELOCITY; DATA SET; DOMAIN STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIZATION; OSCILLATION; SIMULATION;

ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; MAGNETIC FIELD; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33748641485     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05093     Document Type: Article

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