Spin-transfer torque in nanoscale magnetic devices

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1951, 2011, Pages 3617-3630

  Ralph, D C ^a   Cui, Y T ^a   Liu, L Q ^a   Moriyama, T ^a   Wang, C ^a   Buhrman, R A ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ferromagnetic resonance; Magnetic memory; Magnetic switching; Spin transfer torque

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIC STORAGE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLARIZATION; SPIN DYNAMICS; TORQUE; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

CORNELL UNIVERSITY; FERROMAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC DYNAMICS; MAGNETIC MEMORIES; MAGNETIC SWITCHING; MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION; NANO SCALE; NEW YORK; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; SINGLE-SHOT MEASUREMENTS; SPIN TORQUE; SPIN TRANSFER TORQUE; SPIN-TORQUE SWITCHING;

NANOMAGNETICS;

NANOMATERIAL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OSCILLOMETRY; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TORQUE;

ALGORITHMS; MAGNETICS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OSCILLOMETRY; PROBABILITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE;

EID: 80055011818     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0169     Document Type: Conference Paper

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