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Article number | 122511 |
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<mark>Journal publication date</mark> | 23/03/2009 |
<mark>Journal</mark> | Applied Physics Letters |
Issue number | 12 |
Volume | 94 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Publication Status | Published |
<mark>Original language</mark> | English |
We report low current-density switching of pseudospin valve nanopillars fabricated by a three-dimensional focused ion beam lithography. Simulations using the Landau-Liftshitz-Gilbert equation with Slonczewski spin transfer torque term demonstrate that magnetostatic coupling combined with an in-plane applied field results in a strongly inhomogeneous magnetization, which is close to the point of switching in both parallel and antiparallel configurations and so significantly reduced switching currents are possible.