Current-pulse-induced magnetic switching in standard and nonstandard spin-valves: Theory and numerical analysis

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 14, 2009, Pages

  Balaz P ^a   Gmitra, M ^b   Barnas J ^a,c  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

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EID: 65149083090     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.144301     Document Type: Article

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