Giant (GMR) and Tunnel (TMR) magnetoresistance
Giant magnetoresistance (and later Tunnel magnetoresistance) is one of the biggest discoveries in thin-film magnetism. Within 10 years after its discovery, it was already used in commercial devices, such as hard disk drive read heads, changing the world. Just like other magnetoresistive effects, GMR is about the change in resistivity ...
Spin-Transfer Torque: An Introductory Overview
Next to the charge, electrons also posses spins. In normal electronic circuits it is of (hardly) no use, as they are orientated randomly in non-ferromagnetic materials. However, when we integrate ferromagnetic components into these devices, the itinerant electrons can become partially spin polarized, with their spins taking on a more ...
