Unidirectional spin Hall magnetoresistance in ferromagnet/normal metal bilayers

Can Onur Avci; Kevin Garello; Abhijit Ghosh; Mihai Gabureac; Santos F. Alvarado; Pietro Gambardella

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journal article Jun 08, 2015

Unidirectional spin Hall magnetoresistance in ferromagnet/normal metal bilayers

Can Onur Avci Kevin Garello Abhijit Ghosh

Mihai Gabureac Santos F. Alvarado Pietro Gambardella

Nature Physics Vol. 11 No. 7 pp. 570-575 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Published: Jun 08, 2015
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Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.

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Can Onur Avci, Kevin Garello, Abhijit Ghosh, et al. (2015). Unidirectional spin Hall magnetoresistance in ferromagnet/normal metal bilayers. Nature Physics, 11(7), 570-575. https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys3356

Unidirectional spin Hall magnetoresistance in ferromagnet/normal metal bilayers

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