Observation of the intrinsic pinning of a magnetic domain wall in a ferromagnetic nanowire

Nature Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 194-197

  Koyama, T ^a   Chiba, D ^a,b   Ueda, K ^a   Kondou, K ^a   Tanigawa, H ^c   Fukami, S ^c   Suzuki, T ^c   Ohshima, N ^c   Ishiwata, N ^c   Nakatani, Y ^d   Kobayashi, K ^a   Ono, T ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC STRUCTURE; MAGNETIZATION; NANOWIRES; TORQUE;

DOMAIN WALL MOTION; ELECTRICAL MAGNETIZATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL CONFIRMATION; FERROMAGNETIC NANOWIRE; FIELD INDEPENDENTS; LOW ENERGY CONSUMPTION; SPIN TRANSFER TORQUE; THRESHOLD CURRENTS;

DOMAIN WALLS;

EID: 79951958287     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2961     Document Type: Article

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