294 research outputs found
Offset fields in perpendicularly magnetized tunnel junctions
We study the offset fields affecting the free layer of perpendicularly
magnetized tunnel junctions. In extended films, the free layer offset field
results from interlayer exchange coupling with the reference layer through the
MgO tunnel oxide. The free layer offset field is thus accompanied with a shift
of the free layer and reference layer ferromagnetic resonance frequencies. The
shifts depend on the mutual orientation of the two magnetizations. The offset
field decreases with the resistance area product of the tunnel oxide.
Patterning the tunnel junction into an STT-MRAM disk-shaped cell changes
substantially the offset field, as the reduction of the lateral dimension comes
with the generation of stray fields by the reference and the hard layer. The
experimental offset field compares best with the spatial average of the sum of
these stray fields, thereby providing guidelines for the offset field
engineering.Comment: Special issue of J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys (2019) on STT-MRA
Spin-transfer torque induced reversal in magnetic domains
Using the complex stereographic variable representation for the macrospin,
from a study of the nonlinear dynamics underlying the generalized
Landau-Lifshitz(LL) equation with Gilbert damping, we show that the
spin-transfer torque is effectively equivalent to an applied magnetic field. We
study the macrospin switching on a Stoner particle due to spin-transfer torque
on application of a spin polarized current. We find that the switching due to
spin-transfer torque is a more effective alternative to switching by an applied
external field in the presence of damping. We demonstrate numerically that a
spin-polarized current in the form of a short pulse can be effectively employed
to achieve the desired macro-spin switching.Comment: 16 pages, 6 figure
Gilbert damping of high anisotropy Co/Pt multilayers
Using broadband ferromagnetic resonance, we measure the damping parameter of
[Co(5 \r{A})/Pt(3 \r{A})] multilayers whose growth was optimized to
maximize the perpendicular anisotropy. Structural characterizations indicate
abrupt interfaces essentially free of intermixing despite the miscible
character of Co and Pt. Gilbert damping parameters as low as 0.021 can be
obtained despite a magneto-crystalline anisotropy as large as
. The inhomogeneous broadening accounts for part of the
ferromagnetic resonance linewidth, indicating some structural disorder leading
to a equivalent 20 mT of inhomogenity of the effective field. The unexpectedly
relatively low damping factor indicates that the presence of the Pt heavy metal
within the multilayer may not be detrimental to the damping provided that
intermixing is avoided at the Co/Pt interfaces
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