Demonstration of spin transfer torque (STT) magnetic recording

Hong, Jeongmin; Li, Xin; Lee, OukJae; Tian, Weicheng; Khizroev, Sakhrat; Bokor, Jeffrey; You, Long

doi:10.1063/1.5097546

Title: Demonstration of spin transfer torque (STT) magnetic recording

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^[1]; Li, Xin ^[1]; Lee, OukJae ^[2]; Tian, Weicheng ^[1]; Khizroev, Sakhrat ^[3];

^[4];

^[1]

School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
Center for Spintronics, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02529, South Korea
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 33199, USA
EECS, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA

Publication Date:: 2019-06-17

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1526654

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Applied Physics Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Volume: 114 Journal Issue: 24; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Hong, Jeongmin, Li, Xin, Lee, OukJae, Tian, Weicheng, Khizroev, Sakhrat, Bokor, Jeffrey, and You, Long. Demonstration of spin transfer torque (STT) magnetic recording.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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@article{osti_1526654,

  title        = {Demonstration of spin transfer torque (STT) magnetic recording},

  author       = {Hong, Jeongmin and Li, Xin and Lee, OukJae and Tian, Weicheng and Khizroev, Sakhrat and Bokor, Jeffrey and You, Long},

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  month        = {6}

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