Time-resolved x-ray imaging of magnetization dynamics in spin-transfer torque devices
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V. Chembrolu,1,2 J. P. Strachan,1,2 X. W. Yu,1,2 A. A. Tulapurkar,2 T. Tyliszczak,3 J. A. Katine,4 M. J. Carey,4 J. Stöhr,2,5 and Y. Acremann2,6 1Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA 2SIMES Institute, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA 3Advanced Light Source, Berkeley, California 94720, USA 4Hitachi Global Storage Technologies San Jose Research Center, San Jose, California 95120, USA 5Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA 6PULSE Institute, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA Received 15 February 2009; revised manuscript received 22 April 2009; published 20 July 2009
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