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Yan Zhou et al 2009 New J. Phys. 11 103028 doi:10.1088/1367-2630/11/10/103028

Zero-field precession and hysteretic threshold currents in a spin torque nano device with tilted polarizer

Yan Zhou1,3, S Bonetti1, C L Zha1 and Johan Åkerman1,2

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