SPINTRONICS Perpendicular all the way

被引：91

作者：

Kent, Andrew D. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] NYU, Dept Phys, New York, NY 10003 USA

来源：

NATURE MATERIALS | 2010年 / 9卷 / 09期

关键词：

ANISOTROPY;

D O I：

10.1038/nmat2844

中图分类号：

O64 [物理化学（理论化学）、化学物理学];

学科分类号：

070304 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

Magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJ) are thin-film structures consisting of two conducting magnetic layers separated by a very thin insulating barrier. A commonly adopted material for MTJs is the CoFeB-MgO multilayer system, which produces a giant TMR ratio with in-plane magnetization. The focus of the efforts has been on complex multilayers of magnetic transition elements such as Co and Ni, or Co and Fe with heavier nonmagnetic elements like Pt and Pd. The surprising discovery that CoFeB also shows large PMA opens a new path to the realization of high-performance, perpendicularly magnetized STT-MRAM. The work goes further to demonstrate the incorporation of this interface anisotropy in a device. The work by Ohno and colleagues opens new possibilities for high-performance STT-MRAM, and also poses basic questions.

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