Current-induced domain wall motion in TbFeCo wires with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1695-1698

  Li, Songtian ^a   Nakamura, Hajime ^a   Kanazawa, Taichi ^a   Liu, Xiaoxi ^a   Morisako, Akimistu ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Current induced domain wall motion; Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; Pinning field; TbFeCo

Indexed keywords

COBALT ALLOYS; COBALT METALLOGRAPHY; DOMAIN WALLS; IRON ALLOYS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETISM; TERBIUM ALLOYS; TERNARY ALLOYS;

CURRENT DIRECTION; CURRENT-INDUCED DOMAIN WALL MOTIONS; DOMINANT MECHANISM; METALLIC MATERIAL; PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; PINNING FIELD; SPIN TORQUE TRANSFER; TBFECO;

IRON METALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 77952843144     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2010.2042576     Document Type: Article

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