Current induced torques and interfacial spin-orbit coupling: Semiclassical modeling
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Paul M. Haney,1 Hyun-Woo Lee,2 Kyung-Jin Lee,1,3,4,5 Aurélien Manchon,6 and M. D. Stiles1 1Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-6202, USA 2PCTP and Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Kyungbuk 790-784, Korea 3Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-713, South Korea 4KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science & Technology, Korea University, Seoul 136-713, Korea 5University of Maryland, Maryland Nanocenter, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA 6Core Labs, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia (Received 18 January 2013; published 7 May 2013)
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