Influence of different spatial distributions of current density and spin-torque efficiency in the dynamics of point-contact devices

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2827-2829

  Consolo, G ^a   Torres, L ^a,b   Lopez Diaz, L ^b   Azzerboni, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Magnetization dynamics; Micromagnetic modeling; Point contact devices; Spin transfer torque

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIZATION; TORQUE CONTROL;

MAGNETIZATION DYNAMICS; POINT CONTACT DEVICES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

CURRENT DENSITY;

EID: 34249109073     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2007.892589     Document Type: Article

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