Reversal process of a magnetic vortex core under the combined action of a perpendicular field and spin transfer torque

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Locatelli, N ^a   Ekomasov, A E ^b   Khvalkovskiy, A V ^c,e   Azamatov, Sh A ^b   Zvezdin, K A ^c,d   Grollier, J ^a   Ekomasov, E G ^b   Cros, V ^a  

^a UNITÉ MIXTE DE PHYSIQUE CNRS THALES   (France)

^b Science and Education Center of Bashkir People History Ufa University of Science and Technology   (Russian Federation)

^c PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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

^e SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIAS FIELD; COMBINED ACTIONS; COUPLED VORTICES; CURRENT VALUES; DYNAMIC SWITCHING; MAGNETIC VORTEX CORES; NANOPILLAR; NON-VOLATILE MEMORIES; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; REVERSAL PROCESS; SIMULATION STUDIES; SPIN TRANSFER TORQUE; VORTEX CORES;

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84874266817     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4790841     Document Type: Article

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