Influence of the demagnetizing field in spin dynamics with a perpendicular-to-plane polarizer

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 44, Issue 11 PART 1, 2008, Pages 2508-2511

  Chang, Jui Hang ^a   Chang, Ching Ray ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Microwave oscillator; Perpendicular to plane polarizer; Spin dynamics; Spin precession; Spin injection device; Spin transfer torque

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949263461     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2008.2003176     Document Type: Article

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