Description of current-driven torques in magnetic tunnel junctions

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  Manchon, A ^a   Ryzhanova, N ^a,b   Vedyayev, A ^a,b   Chschiev, M ^c   Dieny, B ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; ELECTRON TUNNELING; ELECTRONS; MAGNETIZATION; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICES;

QUANTUM INTERFERENCES; TUNNELING TRANSPORT;

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 42449138682     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/20/14/145208     Document Type: Article

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