Threshold current for switching of a perpendicular magnetic layer induced by spin Hall effect

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Lee, Ki Seung ^a,b   Lee, Seo Won ^a   Min, Byoung Chul ^b   Lee, Kyung Jin ^a,b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC EXPRESSIONS; DAMPING CONSTANTS; LINEARLY PROPORTIONAL; MAGNETIZATION SWITCHING; PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; THRESHOLD CURRENTS; THRESHOLD SWITCHING; VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED;

CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; DAMPING; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; SPIN HALL EFFECT;

SWITCHING;

EID: 84875696751     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4798288     Document Type: Article

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