Magnetic domain wall induced, localized nanowire reversal

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  O'Brien, L ^a,b   Beguivin, A ^a   Fernandez Pacheco, A ^a   Petit, D ^a   Read, D E ^c   Cowburn, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT INDUCED SWITCHING; DATA STORAGE; FERROMAGNETIC NANOWIRE; MAGNETIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES; MOBILE SOURCES; NANOMETER LENGTH SCALE; STRAY FIELD;

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC STORAGE;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84865123514     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4742746     Document Type: Article

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