Publication Date:
1999-08-07
Description:
Current-induced switching in the orientation of magnetic moments is observed in cobalt/copper/cobalt sandwich structures, for currents flowing perpendicularly through the layers. Magnetic domains in adjacent cobalt layers can be manipulated controllably between stable parallel and antiparallel configurations by applying current pulses of the appropriate sign. The observations are in accord with predictions that a spin-polarized current exerts a torque at the interface between a magnetic and nonmagnetic metal, due to local exchange interactions between conduction electrons and the magnetic moments.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Myers -- Ralph -- Katine -- Louie -- Buhrman -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1999 Aug 6;285(5429):867-70.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10436150" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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