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Current-Driven Domain-Wall Depinning in Pt/CoFe/Pt Nanowires with Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy
Journal of Magnetics, Volume 14, Number 3, 30 Sep 2009, Pages 101-103
Kab-Jin Kim(Department of Physics, Seoul National University), Jae-Chul Lee(Department of Physics, Seoul National University), Sug-Bong Choe* (Department of Physics, Seoul National University)
Abstract
The spin transfer torque efficiency was determined experimentally by observing the current-driven domainwall depinning of Pt/CoFe/Pt nanowires with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. The depinning time was exponentially proportional to the applied magnetic field, and was well explained by the Néel-Brown formula. The depinning time and threshold magnetic field were varied considerably by injecting current into the nanowire. The spin transfer torque efficiency was estimated to be (7.2±0.9)×10−15 Tm2/A from the linear dependence of the threshold current density with respect to the applied magnetic field.
Keywords: spin transfer torque; domain wall motion; perpendicular magnetic anisotropy
DOI: 10.4283/JMAG.2009.14.3.101
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