Magnetic domain walls displacement: Automotion versus spin-transfer torque

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 21, 2010, Pages

  Chauleau, Jean Yves ^a   Weil, Raphaël ^a   Thiaville, André ^a   Miltat, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

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EID: 78650836619     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.214414     Document Type: Article

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