Picosecond electric field pulse induced coherent magnetic switching in MgO/FePt/Pt(001)-based tunnel junctions: A multiscale study

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zhu, Wanjiao ^a   Xiao, Dun ^b   Liu, Yaowen ^b   Gong, S J ^a   Duan, Chun Gang ^a,c  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tongji University   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 84901249007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04117     Document Type: Article

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