Dependence of the efficiency of spin Hall torque on the transparency of Pt/ferromagnetic layer interfaces

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Pai, Chi Feng ^a   Ou, Yongxi ^a   Vilela Leão, Luis Henrique ^a   Ralph, D C ^a,b   Buhrman, R A ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

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

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EID: 84941126309     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.92.064426     Document Type: Article

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