Current-induced magnetic domain wall motion below intrinsic threshold triggered by Walker breakdown

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 635-639

  Koyama, T ^a   Ueda, K ^a   Kim, K J ^a   Yoshimura, Y ^a   Chiba, D ^a,b   Yamada, K ^c   Jamet, J P ^c   Mougin, A ^c   Thiaville, A ^c   Mizukami, S ^d   Fukami, S ^e   Ishiwata, N ^e   Nakatani, Y ^f   Kohno, H ^g   Kobayashi, K ^a   Ono, T ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^g OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; DOMAIN WALLS; LOGIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SPIN POLARIZATION;

COUNTER-INTUITIVE PHENOMENON; CURRENT THRESHOLDS; DOMAIN WALL MOTION; DOMAIN-WALL PINNING; EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD; GILBERT DAMPING CONSTANT; INTRINSIC PINNING; NON-VOLATILE MEMORY;

MAGNETIC DOMAINS;

COBALT; NANOWIRE; NICKEL;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; DEVICES; ELECTRIC FIELD; GEOMETRY; MAGNETIC DOMAIN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOTION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

EID: 84871068906     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2012.151     Document Type: Article

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