Layer thickness dependence of the current-induced effective field vector in Ta|CoFeB|MgO

Nature Materials

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 240-245

  Kim, Junyeon ^a   Sinha, Jaivardhan ^a   Hayashi, Masamitsu ^a   Yamanouchi, Michihiko ^b   Fukami, Shunsuke ^b   Suzuki, Tetsuhiro ^c   Mitani, Seiji ^a   Ohno, Hideo ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORP   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETING EFFECTS; CURRENT FLOWS; EFFECTIVE FIELD; LAYER THICKNESS; MAGNETIC HETEROSTRUCTURES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; THICKNESS VARIATION; VECTOR MEASUREMENTS;

COBALT COMPOUNDS; MAGNESIA; MAGNETIC MOMENTS;

SPIN HALL EFFECT;

EID: 84875461126     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3522     Document Type: Article

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