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| Title: | Micromagnetic simulation of spin-transfer switching in a full-Heusler Co₂FeAl₀.₅Si₀.₅ alloy spin-valve nanopillar |
| Authors: | Huang, H. B.
Ma, X. Q.
Liu, Z. H.
Meng, F. Y.
Xiao, Z. H.
Wu, P. P.
Shi, San-qiang
Chen, L. Q. |
| Subjects: | Aluminium alloys
Cobalt alloys
Iron alloys
Magnetic hysteresis
Magnetic switching
Micromagnetics
Nanomagnetics
Nanostructured materials
Silicon alloys
Spin polarised transport
Spin valves |
| Issue Date: | 1-Aug-2011 |
| Publisher: | American Institute of Physics |
| Citation: | Journal of applied physics, 1 Aug. 2011, v. 110, no. 3, 033913, p. 1-5. |
| Abstract: | We investigated the spin-transfer switching in a full-Heusler Co₂FeAl₀.₅Si₀.₅ alloy spin-valve nanopillar through micromagnetic simulation. A two-step switching hysteresis loop due to the fourfold in-plane magnetocrystalline anisotropy of Co₂FeAl₀.₅Si₀.₅ layers was obtained. The
simulation explains the experimental result of the resistance versus current hysteresis loop and yields good agreement with the measured critical current. Furthermore, the magnetization trajectory and magnetization distribution were shown and analyzed to elucidate the different characters of two-step switching. |
| Description: | DOI: 10.1063/1.3619773 |
| Rights: | © 2011 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in H. B. Huang et al., J. Appl. Phys. 110, 033913 (2011) and may be found at http://link.aip.org/link/?jap/110/033913. |
| Type: | Journal/Magazine Article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10397/4986 |
| ISSN: | 0021-8979 (print)
1089-7550 (online) |
| Appears in Collections: | ME Journal/Magazine Articles
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