Notable Publications

Spin torque switching with the giant spin Hall effect of tantalum

“Spin torque switching with the giant spin Hall effect of tantalum.” L. Q. Liu, C.-F. Pai, Y. Li, H. W. Tseng, D. C. Ralph, and R. A. Buhrman.  Science 336, 555 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1218197

Current-induced switching of perpendicularly-magnetized magnetic layers using spin torque from the spin Hall effect

“Current-induced switching of perpendicularly-magnetized magnetic layers using spin torque from the spin Hall effect.” L. Q. Liu, O. J. Lee, T. J. Gudmundsen, D. C. Ralph and R. A. Buhrman. Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 096602 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.096602

Nanosecond-Timescale Low Energy Switching of In-Plane Magnetic Tunnel Junctions through Dynamic Oersted-Field-Assisted Spin Hall Effect

“Nanosecond-Timescale Low Energy Switching of In-Plane Magnetic Tunnel Junctions through Dynamic Oersted-Field-Assisted Spin Hall Effect,” S. V. Aradhya, G. E. Rowlands, J. Oh, D. C. Ralph, and R. A. Buhrman, Nano Letters 16, 5987 (2016). http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b01443

Robert Buhrman

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