Effect of shape anisotropy on threshold current density for current-induced domain wall motion

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 25, 2007, Pages

  Seo, Soo Man ^a   Lee, Kyung Jin ^a   Kim, Woojin ^b   Lee, Taek Dong ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOWIRES; THERMAL EFFECTS; THRESHOLD CURRENT DENSITY;

DOMAIN WALL MOTION; MICROMAGNETIC SIMULATIONS; SHAPE ANISOTROPY; SPIN TORQUE;

DOMAIN WALLS;

EID: 34547285896     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2750404     Document Type: Article

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