Hickey, M.C. and Ngo, D.-T. and Lepadatu, S. and Atkinson, D. and McGrouther, D. and McVitie, S. and Marrows, C.H. (2010) 'Spin-transfer torque efficiency measured using a Permalloy nanobridge.', Applied physics letters., 97 (20). p. 202505.
Abstract
We report magnetoresistance, focused Kerr effect, and Lorentz microscopy experiments performed on a nanoscale Permalloy bridge connecting microscale pads. These pads can be switched from a parallel to antiparallel state through the application of small fields, causing a detectable magnetoresistance. We show that this switching field Hsw is modified by the application of a high current density (Jdc) through spin-transfer torque effects, caused by the spin-current interacting with the magnetization gradients generated by the device geometry, yielding an estimate for the spin-transfer torque efficiency ξ = dHsw/dJdc = 0.027±0.001 Oe/MA cm−2.
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| Publisher Web site: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3520144 |
| Publisher statement: | Copyright 2010 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Hickey, M.C. and Ngo, D.-T. and Lepadatu, S. and Atkinson, D. and McGrouther, D. and McVitie, S. and Marrows, C.H. (2010) 'Spin-transfer torque efficiency measured using a Permalloy nanobridge.', Applied physics letters., 97 (20). p. 202505 and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3520144 |
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