Spin-torque-driven ballistic precessional switching with 50 ps impulses

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Lee, O J ^a   Ralph, D C ^a,b   Buhrman, R A ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b School of Chemical and Molecular Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DIRECTION; CURRENT IMPULSE; CURRENT POLARITY; FREE LAYERS; FRINGE FIELDS; IN-PLANE; OUT-OF-PLANE; PRECESSIONAL SWITCHING; PULSE AMPLITUDE; SPIN-VALVE DEVICES; THRESHOLD CURRENTS;

BALLISTICS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

MAGNETIC POLARITY;

EID: 80052811962     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3635782     Document Type: Article

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