Giant Spin Hall Effect and Switching Induced by Spin-Transfer Torque in a W/Co40Fe40 B20/MgO Structure with Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy

Physical Review Applied

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Hao, Qiang ^a   Xiao, Gang ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC STORAGE;

FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; INSERTION LAYERS; MAGNETIC ANNEALING; MAGNETIC MEMORY; MAGNETIC SWITCHING; PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; SPIN TRANSFER TORQUE; SPIN-DIFFUSION LENGTH;

SPIN HALL EFFECT;

EID: 84931279797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23317019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.3.034009     Document Type: Article

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