Origin of variation of shift field via annealing at 400°C in a perpendicular-anisotropy magnetic tunnel junction with [Co/Pt]-multilayers based synthetic ferrimagnetic reference layer

Autor: H. Honjo, S. Ikeda, H. Sato, T. Watanebe, S. Miura, T. Nasuno, Y. Noguchi, M. Yasuhira, T. Tanigawa, H. Koike, M. Muraguchi, M. Niwa, K. Ito, H. Ohno, T. Endoh
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: AIP Advances, Vol 7, Iss 5, Pp 055913-055913-5 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2158-3226
39201244
DOI: 10.1063/1.4973946
Popis: We investigated properties of perpendicular-anisotropy magnetic tunnel junctions (p-MTJs) with [Co/Pt]-multilayer based synthetic ferrimagnetic reference (SyF) layer at elevated annealing temperature Ta from 350°C to 400°C. Shift field HS defined as center field of minor resistance versus magnetic field curve of the MTJs increased with increase of Ta from 350°C to 400°C. The variation of HS is attributed to the variation of saturation magnetic moment in the SyF reference layer. Cross sectional energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy analysis revealed that Fe element of CoFeB in the reference layer diffuses to Co/Pt multilayers in the SyF reference layer.
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