Perpendicular switching of a single ferromagnetic layer induced by in-plane current injection
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Miron, I. M., Garello, K., Gaudin, G., Zermatten, P.-J., Costache, M. V., Auffret, S., Bandiera, S., Rodmacq, B., Schuhl, A., & Gambardella, P. (2011). Perpendicular switching of a single ferromagnetic layer induced by in-plane current injection. Nature, 476(7359), 189–193.

Authors 10
  1. Ioan Mihai Miron (first)
  2. Kevin Garello (additional)
  3. Gilles Gaudin (additional)
  4. Pierre-Jean Zermatten (additional)
  5. Marius V. Costache (additional)
  6. Stéphane Auffret (additional)
  7. Sébastien Bandiera (additional)
  8. Bernard Rodmacq (additional)
  9. Alain Schuhl (additional)
  10. Pietro Gambardella (additional)
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