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Nature Physics 4, 17 - 18 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nphys822
Subject Categories: Condensed-matter physics | Electronics, photonics and device physics
Magnetic tunnel junctions: Spin-torque measured up
Maxim Tsoi1
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Maxim Tsoi is in the Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, C1600, Austin, Texas 78712-0264, USA.
e-mail: tsoi@physics.utexas.edu
Abstract
The 'spin-transfer torque effect' could provide a powerful means of controlling the orientation of spins with electric currents rather than magnetic fields in future spintronic devices. Quantitative measurements of this effect represent an important next step.
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