Optimization of Co/Pt multilayers for applications of current-driven domain wall propagation

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Wang, K ^a   Wu, M C ^a,b   Lepadatu, S ^c   Claydon, J S ^c   Marrows, C H ^c   Bending, S J ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b SanDisk Corporation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPPING LAYER; CO/PT MULTILAYER; COERCIVE FIELD; CURRENT-DRIVEN; DOMAIN MOTIONS; DOMAIN-WALL PROPAGATION; IN-PLANE DIRECTION; LAYER-BY-LAYERS; LOW CURRENT DENSITY; MAGNETO-OPTICAL KERR EFFECTS; MULTILAYER STACKS; PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; SHAPE ANISOTROPY; SPACER LAYER; SWITCHING BEHAVIORS; SWITCHING FIELD; THICKNESS FRACTIONS;

COERCIVE FORCE; KERR MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECT; MAGNETIC COUPLINGS; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC MULTILAYERS; MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; OPTICAL MULTILAYERS; OPTIMIZATION; PLATINUM; REMANENCE;

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

EID: 80655141617     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3654045     Document Type: Article

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