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Effect of Magnetic Property Modification on Current-Induced Magnetization Switching with Perpendicular Magnetic Layers and Polarization-Enhancement Layers
Journal of Magnetics, Volume 14, Number 3, 30 Sep 2009, Pages 104-107
Woojin Kim(Department of Materials Science and Engineering, KAIST), Kyung-Jin Lee(Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University), Taek Dong Lee* (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, KAIST)
Abstract
The effects of the magnetic property variation on current-induced magnetization switching in magnetic tunnel junction with perpendicular magnetic anistoropy (PMA) and the soft magnetic polarization-enhancement layers (PELs) inserted between the layers with PMA and the MgO layer was studied. A micromatnetic model was used to estimate the switching time of the free layer by different applied current densities, with changing saturation magnetization (Ms) of the PELs, interlayer exchange coupling between PMA layers and PELs. The switching time could be significantly reduced at low current densities, by increasing Ms of PELs and decreasing interlayer exchange coupling.
Keywords: current-induced magnetization switching; perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; micromagnetics; magnetic random access memory
DOI: 10.4283/JMAG.2009.14.3.104
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