Angular dependence and symmetry of Rashba spin torque in ferromagnetic heterostructures

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 25, 2013, Pages

  Ortiz Pauyac, Christian ^a   Wang, Xuhui ^a   Chshiev, Mairbek ^b   Manchon, Aurelien ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DEPENDENCE; DIFFUSIVE REGIME; EXCHANGE SPLITTING; GENERAL EXPRESSION; MAGNETIZATION DIRECTION; RASHBA SPIN-ORBIT COUPLING; REALISTIC DEVICES; SPIN-RELAXATION RATES;

MAGNETIZATION;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84879876147     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4812663     Document Type: Article

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