Micromagnetic modeling of magnetization switching driven by spin-polarized current in magnetic tunnel junctions

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Finocchio, G ^a   Azzerboni, B ^a   Fuchs, G D ^b   Buhrman, R A ^b   Torres, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; MAGNETIZATION SWITCHING; SIMULATED CURRENTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MAGNETIZATION; NUCLEATION; SPIN POLARIZATION; SWITCHING; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 34047169689     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2496202     Document Type: Article

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