Domain nucleation mediated spin-transfer switching in magnetic nanopillars with perpendicular anisotropy

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Li, Xuan ^a   Zhang, Zongzhi ^a   Jin, Q Y ^a   Liu, Yaowen ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIZATION; SWITCHING;

MAGNETIC NANOPILLARS; PERPENDICULAR ANISOTROPY; SPIN TRANSFER SWITCHING;

NUCLEATION;

EID: 41349113369     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2897298     Document Type: Article

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