Spin transfer switching in current-perpendicular-to-plane spin valve observed by magneto-optical Kerr effect using visible light

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Aoshima, Ken Ichi ^a   Funabashi, Nobuhiko ^a   MacHida, Kenji ^a   Miyamoto, Yasuyoshi ^a   Kawamura, Norikazu ^a   Kuga, Kiyoshi ^a   Shimidzu, Naoki ^a   Sato, Fumio ^a   Kimura, Takashi ^b   Otani, Yoshichika ^b  

^a NHK SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TUBES; SYNCHRONIZATION;

RESISTANCE CHANGE; SPIN TRANSFER SWITCHING (STS); SPIN-VALVE DEVICES; VISIBLE LIGHT;

KERR MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECT;

EID: 34547666791     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2767770     Document Type: Article

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