Low depinning fields in Ta-CoFeB-MgO ultrathin films with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 18, 2013, Pages

  Burrowes, C ^a,b   Vernier, N ^a,b   Adam, J P ^a,b   Herrera Diez, L ^a,b   Garcia, K ^a,b   Barisic, I ^a,b   Agnus, G ^a,b   Eimer, S ^a,b   Kim, Joo Von ^a,b   Devolder, T ^a,b   Lamperti, A ^c   Mantovan, R ^c   Ockert, B ^d   Fullerton, E E ^e   Ravelosona, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c LABORATORIO MDM   (Italy)

^d Singulus Technologies AG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE STATE; DEPINNING FIELDS; DOMAIN-WALL DYNAMICS; HIGH FIELD; PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; RANDOM PINNING; SPINTRONICS DEVICE; WALL MOTION;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; MAGNESIA; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

COBALT COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84889679577     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4826439     Document Type: Article

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