Spin transfer switching and MR properties of Co/Pt multilayered free layers for submicron sized magneto-optical light modulation device

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2171-2174

  MacHida, Kenji ^a   Furukawa, Keiji ^b   Funabashi, Nobuhiko ^a,c   Aoshima, Ken Ichi ^a   Kuga, Kiyoshi ^a   Ishibashi, Takayuki ^d   Shimidzu, Naoki ^a  

^a NHK SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Japan)

^b TOKYO DENKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Tokyo Institute of Technology ^*  (Japan)

^d NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Current perpendicular to plane giant magnetoresistance (CPP GMR); Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; Spin transfer torque; Tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR)

Indexed keywords

BUFFER LAYERS; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES; TUNNELLING MAGNETORESISTANCE;

CURRENT PERPENDICULAR TO PLANE-GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCES; MAGNETO-OPTICAL KERR EFFECTS; MULTI-LAYERED FILMS; PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS; SPIN TRANSFER SWITCHING; SPIN TRANSFER TORQUE; TUNNEL MAGNETORESISTANCE;

GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE;

EID: 77952849231     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2010.2042931     Document Type: Article

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