Abstract
Sub-ns magnetization switching has been triggered by spin momentum transfer in pulsed current in pillar shaped CoFe∕Cu∕CoFe trilayers. By analyzing the change in magneto-resistance induced after the application of individual short current pulses (100ps–10ns), we measured the probability of magnetization reversal as a function of the current pulse magnitude, polarity and duration, at various temperatures between 150 and 300K. At all studied temperatures, the reversal process can take place within a few 100ps. The energy cost of the reversal scales favorably with the switching speed and decreases in the 1pJ range when using 100ps current pulses at 300K. Significantly higher switching speeds are obtained at lower temperatures, which is opposite to a thermal activation of the reversal.
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