Current-driven magnetization switching and domain wall motion in nanostructures-Survey of recent experiments

Superlattices and Microstructures

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 497-521

  Lindner, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetic nanostructures; Magnetization dynamics; Spin torque

Indexed keywords

BASIC CONCEPTS; CURRENT INDUCED SWITCHING; CURRENT-DRIVEN; DILUTED MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; DOMAIN WALL MOTION; DOMAIN WALL VELOCITIES; EPITAXIAL MATERIALS; EXCHANGE BIAS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; LANDAU-LIFSHITZ; MAGNETIC NANOSTRUCTURES; MAGNETIZATION DYNAMICS; MAGNETIZATION SWITCHING; ON CURRENTS; OXIDE LAYER; PERPENDICULAR ANISOTROPY; PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; SPIN CURRENTS; SPIN TORQUE; SPIN VALVE STRUCTURE; SPIN-ACCUMULATIONS; TUNNEL BARRIER;

EXPERIMENTS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SWITCHING;

SPIN DYNAMICS;

EID: 77949267128     PISSN: 07496036     EISSN: 10963677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spmi.2010.01.005     Document Type: Review

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