Periodic rotation of magnetization in a non-centrosymmetric soft magnet induced byanelectric field

Nature Materials

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 634-638

  Saito, M ^a   Ishikawa, K ^a   Konno, S ^a   Taniguchi, K ^a   Arima, T ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MAGNETIC STORAGE; MAGNETISM; MAGNETS; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE;

CURRENT FLOWS; LINEAR MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; MAGNETIC METALS; MAGNETIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY; MAGNETIZATION DIRECTION; NON-CENTROSYMMETRIC; PERIODIC OSCILLATION; TIME-RESOLVED DETECTION;

MAGNETIZATION;

EID: 69249206542     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2492     Document Type: Article

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