Spin-torque driven magnetic vortex self-oscillations in perpendicular magnetic fields

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Finocchio, G ^a,c   Pribiag, V S ^b   Torres, L ^c   Buhrman, R A ^b   Azzerboni, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETOSTATICS; NANOMAGNETICS;

APPLIED CURRENT; COUPLED EFFECT; CURRENT BEHAVIORS; MAGNETIC VORTICES; MAGNETOSTATIC FIELD; MICROMAGNETIC SIMULATIONS; PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC FIELDS; SELF-OSCILLATIONS;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 77949674662     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3358387     Document Type: Article

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