Current-driven switching of exchange biased spin-valve giant magnetoresistive nanopillars using a conducting nanoprobe

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3440-3442

  Hayakawa, J ^a,b   Ito, K ^a,b   Fujimori, M ^a   Heike, S ^a   Hashizume, T ^a   Steen, J ^c   Brugger, J ^c   Ohno, H ^b  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CURRENT DENSITY; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; LITHOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC RECORDING; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MILLING (MACHINING); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPUTTERING; SWITCHING;

BIAS CURRENTS; ELECTRICAL SWITCHING; MAGNETIC MEMORY DEVICES; NANOPILLARS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 4944237476     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1769605     Document Type: Article

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