Coupling and induced depinning of magnetic domain walls in adjacent spin valve nanotracks

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 13, 2013, Pages

  Sampaio, J ^a   O'Brien, L ^b,c   Petit, D ^c   Read, D E ^d   Lewis, E R ^e   Zeng, H T ^e   Thevenard, L ^f   Cardoso, S ^g   Cowburn, R P ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f INSTITUT DES NANOSCIENCES DE PARIS   (France)

^g INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPINNING; ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY; MAGNETOSTATIC INTERACTIONS; SPIN VALVE; SPIN-VALVES;

MAGNETIC STORAGE; MAGNETIC STRUCTURE; MAGNETOSTATICS;

MAGNETIC DEVICES;

EID: 84880649715     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4798943     Document Type: Conference Paper

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