Magnetoresistance of Magnetic Double Tunnel Junctions

Hiroaki Sukegawa; Nobuki Tezuka; Koichiro Inomata; Satoshi Sugimoto

doi:10.2320/jinstmet.68.74

Magnetoresistance of Magnetic Double Tunnel Junctions

Hiroaki Sukegawa, Nobuki Tezuka, Koichiro Inomata, Satoshi Sugimoto

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Abstract

Magnetic double tunnel junctions (DTJs) have been investigated to achieve weak bias voltage dependence and to obtain large magnetoresistance (MR) ratio at several hundred mV. IrMn/Co₉₀Fe₁₀/AlO_x/Co ₉₀Fe₁₀/AlO_x/Co₉₀Fe ₁₀/IrMn structures were prepared as dual-spin-valve-type DTJs, which possess the middle ferromagnetic layers consisting of both continuous and discontinuous Co₉₀Fe₁₀ films. For the DTJs with continuous middle Co₉₀Fe₁₀ layers, the bias voltage value which MR ratio reduces by half ( V_h) was about 880 mV, while that of single tunnel junctions (STJs) was about 450 mV. For the DTJs with discontinuous middle Co₉₀Fe₁₀ layers, it was found that the resistance increased remarkably and the magnetic field response decreased in MR curves. The discontinuous Co₉₀Fe₁₀ layers showed superparamagnetic behavior in magnetization curves.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	74-77
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nippon Kinzoku Gakkaishi/Journal of the Japan Institute of Metals
Volume	68
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2320/jinstmet.68.74
Publication status	Published - 2004 Feb

Keywords

Co-tunneling
Double tunnel junction
Nanoparticles
Tunnel magnetoresistance

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Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanics of Materials
Metals and Alloys
Materials Chemistry

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