High-speed spin-transfer switching in GMR nano-pillars with perpendicular anisotropy

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 47, Issue 6 PART 1, 2011, Pages 1599-1602

  Tomita, H ^a   Nozaki, T ^a   Seki, T ^a   Nagase, T ^b   Nishiyama, K ^b   Kitagawa, E ^b   Yoshikawa, M ^b   Daibou, T ^b   Nagamine, M ^b   Kishi, T ^b   Ikegawa, S ^b   Shimomura, N ^b   Yoda, H ^b   Suzuki, Y ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Magnetic recording; magnetization reversal; magnetoresistance

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RECORDING; MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL; MAGNETORESISTANCE; SPIN FLUCTUATIONS;

EXPONENTIAL DECAYS; GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCES (GMR); MAGNETIZATION DIRECTION; PERPENDICULAR ANISOTROPY; PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIZATION; SPIN TRANSFER SWITCHING; SUB NANOSECONDS; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS;

GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE;

EID: 79957847911     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2011.2105860     Document Type: Article

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