Enhancement of the anti-damping spin torque efficacy of platinum by interface modification

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 106, Issue 22, 2015, Pages

  Nguyen, Minh Hai ^a   Pai, Chi Feng ^a,c   Nguyen, Kayla X ^a   Muller, David A ^a,b   Ralph, D C ^a,b   Buhrman, R A ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; DAMPING; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; PLATINUM; SPIN WAVES; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

CONCOMITANT REDUCTION; FERROMAGNETIC LAYERS; FERROMAGNETS; INTERFACE MODIFICATION; MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION; SPIN CURRENTS; STRONG ENHANCEMENT; SWITCHING CURRENT DENSITY;

SPIN HALL EFFECT;

EID: 84930640019     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4922084     Document Type: Article

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