Current-driven domain wall motion with spin Hall effect: Reduction of threshold current density

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 17, 2013, Pages

  Ryu, Jisu ^a   Lee, Kyung Jin ^b   Lee, Hyun Woo ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT-DRIVEN; DAMPING RATIO; DEPINNING; DOMAIN WALL MOTION; PINNING POTENTIAL; RASHBA SPIN-ORBIT COUPLING; SPIN TRANSFER TORQUE;

DOMAIN WALLS; SPIN HALL EFFECT;

CRYSTAL SYMMETRY;

EID: 84877272571     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4803665     Document Type: Article

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