Current-induced motion and pinning of domain walls in spin-valve nanowires studied by XMCD-PEEM

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 22, 2010, Pages

  Uhlir V ^a,b   Pizzini, S ^a   Rougemaille, N ^a   Novotny J ^b   Cros, V ^c   Jimenez E ^d   Faini, G ^a   Heyne, L ^e   Sirotti, F ^f   Tieg, C ^g   Bendounan, A ^f,h   MacCherozzi, F ^f,h   Belkhou, R ^f,h   Grollier, J ^c   Anane, A ^c   Vogel, J ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNITÉ MIXTE DE PHYSIQUE CNRS THALES   (France)

^d INSTITUTO NICOLÁS CABRERA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^f SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL   (France)

^g EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^h SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

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EID: 77956335941     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.224418     Document Type: Article

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