Terrier, C.Guisan, S. S.Guittienne, P.Gravier, L.Ansermet, J. P.Fabian, A.2010-03-232010-03-232010-03-23200610.1088/0953-8984/18/5/009https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/48537WOS:000235921400012The spin transfer torque model applied in the context of a Fokker-Planck analysis (Li and Zhang 2004 Phys. Rev. B 69 134416) is shown to account for a complete set of statistical data for switching times obtained with pseudo spin-valves (Fabian et al 2003 Phys. Rev. Lett. 91 257209). Current densities of the order of 10(7) A cm(-2) injected in Co/Cu/Co bilayers electrodeposited in nanoporous membranes gave rise to magnetization switching. Statistics could be accumulated on one single nanowire at a time: the field at which the average residence times in parallel and antiparallel configurations were equal, these times as a function of current, and the ratio of the times as a function of current and field.Polarized CurrentTemplate SynthesisCo/Cu/Co PillarsPoint-ContactMultilayerReversalExcitationsNanowiresGenerationDependencetext::journal::journal article::research article