Colossal spin transfer torque effect on skyrmion along the edge

Nano Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 4432-4437

  Iwasaki, Junichi ^a   Koshibae, Wataru ^b   Nagaosa, Naoto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

Magnetic skyrmion; magnetization dynamics; micromagnetic simulation; spintronics

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOELECTRONICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

GILBERT DAMPING; KINETIC MOMENTUM; MAGNETIC SKYRMION; MAGNETIZATION DYNAMICS; MICROMAGNETIC SIMULATIONS; SKYRMIONS; SPIN TRANSFER TORQUE;

MAGNETIC LOGIC DEVICES;

EID: 84906085182     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl501379k     Document Type: Article

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