Evidence for reversible control of magnetization in a ferromagnetic material by means of spin-orbit magnetic field

Nature Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 656-659

  Chernyshov, Alexandr ^a   Overby, Mason ^a   Liu, Xinyu ^b   Furdyna, Jacek K ^b   Lyanda Geller, Yuli ^a   Rokhinson, Leonid P ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROSPINNING; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; MAGNETIC STORAGE; SPIN POLARIZATION;

CHARGE BASED DEVICES; EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD; FERROMAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTOR; INDUCED POLARIZATION; LOCAL ELECTRIC FIELD; LOGICAL OPERATIONS; NON-EQUILIBRIUM ELECTRONS; NON-VOLATILE MEMORY;

MAGNETIZATION;

EID: 70249149624     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1362     Document Type: Article

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