We report a perpendicular magnetic tunnel junction(p MTJ)cell with a tunnel magnetoresistance(TMR)ratio of nearly 200%at room temperature based on Co Fe B/Ta/Co Fe B as the free layer(FL)and a synthetic antiferromagne...We report a perpendicular magnetic tunnel junction(p MTJ)cell with a tunnel magnetoresistance(TMR)ratio of nearly 200%at room temperature based on Co Fe B/Ta/Co Fe B as the free layer(FL)and a synthetic antiferromagnetic(SAF)multilayer[Pt/Co]/Ru/[Pt/Co]/Ta/Co Fe B as the reference layer(RL).The field-driven magnetization switching measurements show that the p MTJs exhibit an anomalous TMR hysteresis loop.The spin-polarized layer Co Fe B of SAF-RL has a lower critical switching field than that of FL.The reason is related to the interlayer exchange coupling(IEC)through a moderately thick Ta spacer layer among SAF-RLs,which generates a moderate and negative bias magnetic field on Co Fe B of RL.However,the IEC among RLs has a negligible influence on the current-driven magnetization switching of FL and its magnetization dynamics.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2016YFA0300803)the Open Research Fund of Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory for Nanotechnology+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11774150 and 11874135)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China(Grant No.BK20170627)。
文摘We report a perpendicular magnetic tunnel junction(p MTJ)cell with a tunnel magnetoresistance(TMR)ratio of nearly 200%at room temperature based on Co Fe B/Ta/Co Fe B as the free layer(FL)and a synthetic antiferromagnetic(SAF)multilayer[Pt/Co]/Ru/[Pt/Co]/Ta/Co Fe B as the reference layer(RL).The field-driven magnetization switching measurements show that the p MTJs exhibit an anomalous TMR hysteresis loop.The spin-polarized layer Co Fe B of SAF-RL has a lower critical switching field than that of FL.The reason is related to the interlayer exchange coupling(IEC)through a moderately thick Ta spacer layer among SAF-RLs,which generates a moderate and negative bias magnetic field on Co Fe B of RL.However,the IEC among RLs has a negligible influence on the current-driven magnetization switching of FL and its magnetization dynamics.
