Proposal for a standard problem for micromagnetic simulations including spin-transfer torque

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Najafi, Massoud ^a   Krüger, Benjamin ^a   Bohlens, Stellan ^a   Franchin, Matteo ^b   Fangohr, Hans ^b   Vanhaverbeke, Antoine ^c   Allenspach, Rolf ^c   Bolte, Markus ^a   Merkt, Ulrich ^a   Pfannkuche, Daniela ^a   Möller, Dietmar P F ^a   Meier, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED PHYSICS; EDGE LENGTH; FERROMAGNET; FINITE DIFFERENCE; FINITE-ELEMENT; ITINERANT ELECTRONS; MICROMAGNETIC; MICROMAGNETIC MODELS; MICROMAGNETIC SIMULATIONS; MICROMAGNETIC SIMULATORS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SIMULATION TOOL; SPIN TRANSFER TORQUE; SPIN-POLARIZED; STANDARD PROBLEMS; VORTEX CORES;

MAGNETIC LOGIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC RECORDING; MAGNETS; STANDARDS; TOOLS; TORQUE;

SPIN DYNAMICS;

EID: 67649532167     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3126702     Document Type: Article

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