Tuning the direction of exchange bias in ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic bilayer by angular-dependent spin-polarized current

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Tang, Xiaoli ^a   Su, Hua ^a   Zhang, Huai Wu ^a   Jing, Yu Lan ^a   Zhong, Zhi Yong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DEPENDENCE; ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MOMENT; ANTIFERROMAGNETS; BI-LAYER; CURRENT INDUCED SWITCHING; CURRENT PULSE; EXCHANGE BIAS; EXTERNAL FIELDS; EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; MICROMAGNETICS; NIFE/IRMN BILAYERS; SPIN TORQUE; SPIN TRANSFER; SPIN-POLARIZED CURRENTS; STATE DISTRIBUTIONS;

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 84867522067     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4757906     Document Type: Article

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