Dynamic and temperature effects in spin-transfer switching

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Cimpoesu, Dorin ^a,b   Pham, Huy ^a   Stancu, Alexandru ^b   Spinu, Leonard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DYNAMICS PROPERTIES; GILBERT DAMPING CONSTANT; INITIAL ORIENTATION; LANDAU-LIFSHITZ-GILBERT EQUATIONS; SPIN ANGULAR MOMENTUM TRANSFER; SPIN TRANSFER SWITCHING; SWITCHING BEHAVIORS; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS;

SWITCHING;

EID: 58149268926     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3032415     Document Type: Article

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