Thickness dependence and the role of spin transfer torque in nonlinear giant magnetoresistance of permalloy dual spin valves

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 22, 2010, Pages

  Banerjee, N ^a   Aziz, A ^a   Ali, M ^b   Robinson, J W A ^a   Hickey, B J ^b   Blamire, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78650855852     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.224402     Document Type: Article

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