Changing and reversing the exchange bias in a current-in-plane spin valve by means of an electric current

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Tang, Xiao Li ^a   Zhang, Huai Wu ^a   Su, Hua ^a   Zhong, Zhi Yong ^a   Jing, Yu Lan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; CRITICAL CURRENTS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; TORQUE;

CURRENT-INDUCED TORQUE; EXCHANGE BIAS; SPIN VALVES;

ELECTRON TUBES;

EID: 34648829927     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2786592     Document Type: Article

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