Evidence for incoherent reversal in perpendicular MRAM cells down to 20 nm diameter

Autor: H. J. Richter, G. Mihajlović, N. D. Melendez, M. K. Grobis, T. S. Santos
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: AIP Advances, Vol 13, Iss 2, Pp 025013-025013-4 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2158-3226
DOI: 10.1063/9.0000383
Popis: We investigate experimentally the time evolution of the magnetization reversal in spin-transfer torque driven perpendicular magnetoresistive memory cells in the diameter range of 20 to 65nm. The switching process is characterized by two metrics: the incubation time and the reversal time, where both are stochastic in nature. We find that the average reversal time increases with cell size. The reversal time is dominated by domain wall pinning effects that can last several tens of nanoseconds for the bigger devices. However, even for the smallest cells, we still observe similar behavior albeit with shorter pinning durations of the order of 2 to 3 nanoseconds, indicating that the magnetization reversal is incoherent.
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