Giant enhancement of spin accumulation and long-distance spin precession in metallic lateral spin valves

Nature Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 527-531

  Fukuma, Yasuhiro ^a   Wang, Le ^a,b   Idzuchi, Hiroshi ^c   Takahashi, Saburo ^d,e   Maekawa, Sadamichi ^e,f   Otani, Yoshichika ^a,b,c  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^f JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETORESISTANCE;

APPLIED CURRENT; FERROMAGNETIC WIRES; LATERAL SPIN VALVE; LOW RESISTIVITY; SENSING DEVICES; SPIN PRECESSION; SPIN-ACCUMULATIONS; SPINTRONIC APPLICATIONS;

MAGNETIC DEVICES;

EID: 79959493645     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3046     Document Type: Article

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