Magnetization dynamics in microscopic spin-valve elements: Shortcomings of the macrospin picture

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 13, 2007, Pages

  Wegelin, F ^a   Valdaitsev, D ^a   Krasyuk, A ^a   Nepijko, S A ^a   Schonhense G ^a   Elmers, H J ^a   Krug, I ^b   Schneider, C M ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

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EID: 35348849524     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.134410     Document Type: Article

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31. Parameters used for the simulations were A=1.3× 10-11 J m, Ms =10.4× 105 kA m, α=0.01, and Hy =0.6 mT. The particle size and Hx (t) are similar to those in the experiment: the cell size is 20 nm (http://math.nist.gov/oommf/).