Fokker-Planck theory of spin-torque switching: Effective energy and transition-state rate theory

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7036, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Visscher, P B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective energy; Fokker Planck equation; Spin torque; Switching rate; Transition state theory

Indexed keywords

FOKKER PLANCK EQUATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT; SPIN DYNAMICS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); TIMING JITTER; TORQUE;

CURRENT BEHAVIORS; EFFECTIVE ENERGIES; EFFECTIVE ENERGY; EXACT SOLUTIONS; PLANCK EQUATIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; RATE THEORIES; SPIN TORQUE; SPIN TORQUES; STATISTICAL THEORIES; SWITCHING RATE; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS; TIME EVOLUTIONS; TRANSITION STATE THEORIES; TRANSITION-STATE THEORY;

SPIN FLUCTUATIONS;

EID: 56249091427     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.798550     Document Type: Conference Paper

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