Discrete domain wall positioning due to pinning in current driven motion along nanowires

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 96-100

  Jiang, Xin ^a   Thomas, Luc ^a   Moriya, Rai ^a   Parkin, Stuart S P ^a  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Domain wall dynamics; Domain wall pinning; Magnetic nanowires; Racetrack memory; Spin transfer torque

Indexed keywords

DOMAIN WALL PINNING; DOMAIN-WALL DYNAMICS; MAGNETIC NANOWIRES; RACETRACK MEMORY; SPIN TRANSFER TORQUE;

ELECTRIC COILS; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC STORAGE; NANOWIRES; SPIN DYNAMICS;

DOMAIN WALLS;

EID: 79951522055     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl102890h     Document Type: Article

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