Spin-torque-induced rotational dynamics of a magnetic vortex dipole

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Finocchio, G ^a   Ozatay, O ^b,c   Torres, L ^d   Buhrman, R A ^c   Ralph, D C ^c   Azzerboni, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b HITACHI AMERICA LTD   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

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EID: 56349101228     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.174408     Document Type: Article

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