Large voltage-induced modification of spin-orbit torques in Pt/Co/GdOx

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 105, Issue 22, 2014, Pages

  Emori, Satoru ^a,b   Bauer, Uwe ^a   Woo, Seonghoon ^a   Beach, Geoffrey S D ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); PLATINUM; TORQUE;

ANISOTROPY ENERGIES; INDUCED OXIDATIONS; INTERFACIAL SPINS; LOW-FREQUENCY; MAGNETIZATION SWITCHING; MAGNETO-OPTICAL KERR EFFECTS; MICROSTRIPES; SPINTRONIC DEVICE;

OPTICAL KERR EFFECT;

EID: 84914141880     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4903041     Document Type: Article

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