Nonuniform switching of the perpendicular magnetization in a spin-torque-driven magnetic nanopillar

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 18, 2011, Pages

  Bernstein, David P ^a   Bräuer, Björn ^a   Kukreja, Roopali ^a   Stöhr, Joachim ^a   Hauet, Thomas ^b,c   Cucchiara, Julien ^b   Mangin, Stéphane ^b   Katine, Jordan A ^b   Tyliszczak, Tolek ^d   Chou, Kang W ^d   Acremann, Yves ^e  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT JEAN LAMOUR   (France)

^c SAN JOSE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 79961161437     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.180410     Document Type: Article

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