Spin-transfer switching and thermal stability in an FePt/Au/FePt nanopillar prepared by alternate monatomic layer deposition

Applied Physics Express

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 0413021-0413023

  Yakushiji, Kay ^a   Yuasa, Shinji ^a   Nagahama, Taro ^a   Fukushima, Akio ^a   Kubota, Hitoshi ^a   Katayama, Toshikazu ^a   Ando, Koji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; GOLD; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; PLATINUM; SPIN DYNAMICS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CPP-GMR; CRITICAL SWITCHING CURRENTS; FERROMAGNETIC LAYERS; FREE LAYERS; HIGH PERPENDICULAR ANISOTROPIES; LAYER THICKNESSES; MONATOMIC LAYERS; NANO PILLARS; PERPENDICULAR ANISOTROPIES; PILLAR DIAMETERS; ROOM TEMPERATURES; SPACER LAYERS; THERMAL STABILITIES; TRANSFER SWITCHING;

GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE;

EID: 57049149720     PISSN: 18820778     EISSN: 18820786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/APEX.1.041302     Document Type: Article

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