Domain wall depinning governed by the spin Hall effect

Nature Materials

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 299-303

  Haazen, P P J ^a   Mure E ^a   Franken, J H ^a   Lavrijsen, R ^a   Swagten, H J M ^a   Koopmans, B ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; LOGIC DEVICES; NANOWIRES; SPIN HALL EFFECT;

CURRENT-INDUCED DOMAIN WALL MOTIONS; DEGREE OF FREEDOM; DOMAIN WALL MOTION; DOMAIN-WALL DEPINNING; HIGH ANISOTROPY; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; NANOSIZED DOMAINS; SPIN HALL CURRENTS;

DOMAIN WALLS;

EID: 84875478717     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3553     Document Type: Article

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