Magneto-optical and spin-transfer switching properties of current-perpendicular-to plane spin valves with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 44, Issue 11 PART 2, 2008, Pages 2491-2495

  Aoshima, Ken Ichi ^a   Funabashi, Nobuhiko ^a   Machida, Kenji ^a   Miyamoto, Yasuyoshi ^a   Kawamura, Norikazu ^a   Kuga, Kiyoshi ^a   Shimidzu, Naoki ^a   Kimura, Takashi ^b   Otani, Yoshichika ^b   Sato, Fumio ^a  

^a NHK SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Current perpendicular to plane spin valve; Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; Spin transfer switching; Spin valves

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETS; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION; SWITCHING; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CURRENT PERPENDICULAR TO PLANE; MAGNETO-OPTICAL; MAGNETOOPTICAL PROPERTIES; PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; POLAR KERR ROTATIONS; SPIN TRANSFER SWITCHING; SPIN VALVE; SWITCHING CURRENT DENSITY;

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

EID: 77955222394     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2008.2002615     Document Type: Article

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