Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2006-06-20
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
10 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Applied Physics Letters
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.2234720
We investigated the relationship between tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) ratio and the crystallization of CoFeB layers through annealing in magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) with MgO barriers that had CoFe/Ru/CoFeB synthetic ferrimagnet pinned layers with varying Ru spacer thickness (tRu). The TMR ratio increased with increasing annealing temperature (Ta) and tRu, reaching 361% at Ta = 425C, whereas the TMR ratio of the MTJs with pinned layers without Ru spacers decreased at Ta over 325C. Ruthenium spacers play an important role in forming an (001)-oriented bcc CoFeB pinned layer, resulting in a high TMR ratio through annealing at high temperatures.
Hayakawa Jun
Ikeda Shoji
Lee Young Min
Matsukura Fumihiro
Ohno Hideo
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