Spin-torque-induced switching in a perpendicular GMR nanopillar with a soft core inside the free layer

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Li, Xuan ^a   Zhang, Zongzhi ^a   Jin, Q Y ^a   Liu, Yaowen ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC LOGIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC RECORDING; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SPIN DYNAMICS;

ANALYTICAL MODELS; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; ANTIPARALLEL-TO-PARALLEL SWITCHING; ASYMMETRIC REDUCTIONS; CRITICAL SWITCHING CURRENTS; CURRENT DIRECTIONS; FIXED LAYERS; FREE LAYERS; GIANT MAGNETORESISTIVE; INTRINSIC DIFFERENCES; MAGNETIZATION SWITCHING; MICRO-MAGNETIC SIMULATIONS; NANOCORE; NANOPILLAR; PERPENDICULAR ANISOTROPIES; SINGLE DOMAINS; SOFT-CORES; SPIN TORQUES; SPIN-TORQUE EFFICIENCIES; STRAY FIELDS; SWITCHING CURRENTS;

SWITCHING;

EID: 62949144852     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/11/2/023027     Document Type: Article

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