Beta (β) tungsten thin films: Structure, electron transport, and giant spin Hall effect

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 106, Issue 18, 2015, Pages

  Hao, Qiang ^a   Chen, Wenzhe ^a   Xiao, Gang ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; LOGIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC STORAGE; MAGNETISM; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; THIN FILMS; TUNGSTEN;

AS-DEPOSITED THIN FILMS; BROAD TEMPERATURE RANGES; CRITICAL THICKNESS; MAGNETIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING PROCESS; PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; SWITCHING CURRENT DENSITY; TUNGSTEN THIN FILMS;

SPIN HALL EFFECT;

EID: 84928922806     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4919867     Document Type: Article

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