Single-shot measurements of spin-transfer switching in CoFeB/MgO/CoFeB magnetic tunnel junctions

Applied Physics Express

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 0613031-0613033

  Tomita, Hiroyuki ^a   Konishi, Katuaki ^a   Nozaki, Takayuki ^a   Kubota, Hitoshi ^b   Fukushima, Akio ^b   Yakushiji, Kay ^b   Yuasa, Shinji ^b   Nakatani, Yoshinobu ^c   Shinjo, Teruya ^a   Shiraishi, Masashi ^a   Suzuki, Yoshishige ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC STORAGE; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SPIN DYNAMICS; SWITCHING; TIME MEASUREMENT; TUNNELS; WAVEGUIDE JUNCTIONS;

APPLICATIONS.; CRITICAL ISSUES; DC CURRENTS; FREE LAYERS; MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; MAGNETIZATION SWITCHING; RISE TIMES; ROOM TEMPERATURES; SWITCHING PROBABILITIES; SWITCHING PROCESSES; THERMAL STABILITIES; TRANSFER SWITCHING; TRANSITION TIMES; WAITING TIMES;

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 57649094158     PISSN: 18820778     EISSN: 18820786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/APEX.1.061303     Document Type: Article

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