Current-induced synchronized switching of magnetization

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Seo, Soo Man ^a   Lee, Kyung Jin ^a,b,c  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT POLARITY; CURRENT-INDUCED MAGNETIZATION SWITCHING; HIGH THERMAL STABILITY; IN-PLANE MAGNETIZATION; MULTILAYER STRUCTURES; REDUCED SWITCHING; RF FIELDS; SWITCHING CURRENTS; SYNCHRONIZED SWITCHING;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; SWITCHING;

MAGNETIZATION;

EID: 84865127691     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4742917     Document Type: Article

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