Optimized device characteristics of lateral spin valves

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1024-1031

  Johnson, Mark ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lateral spin valve; Magnetic random access memory (MRAM); Reconfigurable logic; Spin accumulation; Spin injection

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; POLARIZATION; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE;

LATERAL SPIN VALVE; MAGNETIC RANDOM-ACCESS MEMORY; SPIN ACCUMULATION; SPIN INJECTION;

MAGNETOELECTRONICS;

EID: 34247895473     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2007.894374     Document Type: Article

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