Current-induced magnetization switching with a spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscope

Science

Volumn 317, Issue 5844, 2007, Pages 1537-1540

  Krause, S ^a   Berbil Bautista, L ^a,b   Herzog, G ^a   Bode, M ^a,c   Wiesendanger, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; IRON; MAGNETIZATION; SCANNING TUNNELLING MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 34548702621     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1145336     Document Type: Article

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