Spin transfer switching and low-field precession in exchange-biased spin valve nanopillars

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  Wu, M C ^a   Aziz, A ^a   Morecroft, D ^a   Blamire, M G ^a   Hickey, M C ^b   Ali, M ^b   Burnell, G ^b   Hickey, B J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOCUSED ION BEAMS; ION BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

NANOPILLARS; SPIN TRANSFER SWITCHING; SPIN VALVE NANOPILLARS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 42149152172     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2905816     Document Type: Article

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