Voltage-assisted magnetization switching in ultrathin Fe 80Co20 alloy layers

Applied Physics Express

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Shiota, Yoichi ^a   Maruyama, Takuto ^a   Nozaki, Takayuki ^a,b   Shinjo, Teruya ^a   Shiraishi, Masashi ^a   Suzuki, Yoshishige ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY LAYERS; EASY AXIS; FERROMAGNETIC METAL; GROWING DEMAND; IN-PLANE; MAGNETIZATION SWITCHING; PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; SPINTRONIC APPLICATIONS; SPINTRONICS DEVICE; ULTRA-LOW POWER; ULTRA-THIN;

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETS; POLYIMIDES; SWITCHING; TIN; WINDOWS;

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

EID: 67949114304     PISSN: 18820778     EISSN: 18820786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/APEX.2.063001     Document Type: Article

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