MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS
Online ISSN : 1347-5320
Print ISSN : 1345-9678
ISSN-L : 1345-9678
Spin-Transfer Torque Switching at Ultra Low Current Densities
Johannes Christian Leutenantsmeyer, Vladyslav Zbarsky, Marvin von der Ehe, Steffen Wittrock, Patrick Peretzki, Henning Schuhmann, Andy Thomas, Karsten Rott, Günter Reiss, Tae Hee Kim, Michael Seibt, Markus Münzenberg
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Keywords: spintransport, spin-transfer torque, current induced switching, magnetic tunnel junctions, perpendicular anisotropy, Néel-Brown law
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2015 Volume 56 Issue 9 Pages 1323-1326

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Abstract

The influence of the tantalum buffer layer on the magnetic anisotropy of perpendicular Co-Fe-B/MgO based magnetic tunnel junctions is studied using magneto-optical Kerr-spectroscopy. Samples without a tantalum buffer are found to exhibit no perpendicular magnetization. The transport of boron into the tantalum buffer is considered to play an important role on the switching currents of those devices. With the optimized layer stack of a perpendicular tunnel junction, a minimal critical switching current density of only 9.3 kA/cm2 is observed and the thermally activated switching probability distribution is discussed.

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