Resonant amplification of magnetic domain-wall motion by a train of current pulses

Science

Volumn 315, Issue 5818, 2007, Pages 1553-1556

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

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; NANOWIRE;

AMPLIFICATION; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; OSCILLATION; POLARIZATION; RESONANCE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DEVICE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRONICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION STORAGE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOELECTRONIC DEVICE; OSCILLATION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION;

EID: 33947433955     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1137662     Document Type: Article

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19. We acknowledge financial support from Defense Microelectronics Activity.