Temperature dependence of carrier spin polarization determined from current-induced domain wall motion in a Co/Ni nanowire

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 20, 2012, Pages

  Ueda, K ^a   Koyama, T ^a   Hiramatsu, R ^a   Chiba, D ^a,b   Fukami, S ^c,d   Tanigawa, H ^e   Suzuki, T ^e   Ohshima, N ^c   Ishiwata, N ^c   Nakatani, Y ^f   Kobayashi, K ^a   Ono, T ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORP   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED CURRENT; CARRIER SPIN POLARIZATION; DOMAIN WALL MOTION; DOMAIN WALL VELOCITIES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

DOMAIN WALLS; NANOWIRES; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION; SPIN POLARIZATION;

TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84861830201     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4718599     Document Type: Article

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