title: Effects of confinement and electron transport on magnetic switching in single Co nanoparticles.
abstract: This work reports the first study of current-driven magnetization noise in a single, nanometerscale, ferromagnetic (Co) particle, attached to normal metal leads by high-resistance tunneling junctions. As the tunnel current increases at low temperature, the magnetic switching field decreases, its probability distribution widens, while the temperature of the environment remains nearly constant. These observations demonstrate nonequilibrium magnetization noise. A classical model of the noise is provided, where the spin-orbit interaction plays a central role in driving magnetic tunneling transitions.
authors: School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Jiang
authors: F T
authors: FT
authors: Birk
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Davidović
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