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Spin Transfer Torques

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Author(s)

Daniel C. Ralph, Mark D. Stiles

Abstract

This tutorial article is designed for beginning graduate students who are interested in the physics of spin transfer torques in magnetic devices. We provide an elementary discussion of the mechanism of spin transfer torque, and review the theoretical and experimental progress in this field. This article is meant to set the stage for the articles which follow in this volume of the Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, which focus in more depth on particularly interesting aspects of spin-torque physics and highlight unanswered questions that might be productive topics for future research.
Citation
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Volume
320
Issue
7

Keywords

ferromagnetism, giant magnetoresistance, magnetic multilayers, micromagnetics, spin current, spin transfer torque, tunneling

Citation

Ralph, D. and Stiles, M. (2008), Spin Transfer Torques, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=620024 (Accessed October 10, 2025)

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Created March 31, 2008, Updated October 12, 2021
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