Micromagnetic understanding of stochastic resonance driven by spin-transfer-torque

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 13, 2011, Pages

  Finocchio, G ^a   Krivorotov, I N ^b   Cheng, X ^b   Torres, L ^c   Azzerboni, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

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EID: 79961109673     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.134402     Document Type: Article

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