Matching domain-wall configuration and spin-orbit torques for efficient domain-wall motion

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Khvalkovskiy, A V ^a   Cros, V ^b   Apalkov, D ^a   Nikitin, V ^a   Krounbi, M ^a   Zvezdin, K A ^c   Anane, A ^b   Grollier, J ^b   Fert, A ^b  

^a SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

^b UNITÉ MIXTE DE PHYSIQUE CNRS THALES   (France)

^c MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 84872259992     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.020402     Document Type: Article

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