Switching of a single ferromagnetic layer driven by spin Hall effect

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 21, 2013, Pages

  Finocchio, G ^a   Carpentieri, M ^b   Martinez, E ^c   Azzerboni, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; HEAVY METALS; MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL; NUCLEATION; SPIN DYNAMICS; SPIN ORBIT COUPLING;

FERROMAGNETIC LAYERS; MAGNETIZATION DYNAMICS; MAGNETIZATION PATTERNS; MAGNETIZATION SWITCHING; MICROMAGNETICS; PLANE CONFIGURATIONS;

SPIN HALL EFFECT;

EID: 84879082309     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4808092     Document Type: Article

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