TY - JOUR
T1 - Spin transfer torque in magnetic tunnel junctions with synthetic ferrimagnetic layers
AU - Ichimura, M.
AU - Hamada, T.
AU - Imamura, H.
AU - Takahashi, S.
AU - Maekawa, S.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is supported by Next Generation Supercomputing Project, Nanoscience Program, MEXT, Japan.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Based on the spin-polarized free-electron model, spin and charge transports are analyzed in the magnetic tunnel junctions with the synthetic ferrimagnetic layers in the ballistic regime, and the spin-transfer torque is derived. In the realistic junctions, the spin torque exerted on the magnetizations of two ferromagnetic layers in the synthetic ferrimagnetic layer shows a trend to rotate the same direction. It is suggested that, through the antiferromagnetic interlayer coupling in the synthetic ferrimagnetic layer, this trend induces the cooperative reversal of magnetizations in two ferromagnetic layers, and expected that this cooperative rotation reduces the critical current for the magnetization reversal in the synthetic ferrimagnetic layer.
AB - Based on the spin-polarized free-electron model, spin and charge transports are analyzed in the magnetic tunnel junctions with the synthetic ferrimagnetic layers in the ballistic regime, and the spin-transfer torque is derived. In the realistic junctions, the spin torque exerted on the magnetizations of two ferromagnetic layers in the synthetic ferrimagnetic layer shows a trend to rotate the same direction. It is suggested that, through the antiferromagnetic interlayer coupling in the synthetic ferrimagnetic layer, this trend induces the cooperative reversal of magnetizations in two ferromagnetic layers, and expected that this cooperative rotation reduces the critical current for the magnetization reversal in the synthetic ferrimagnetic layer.
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U2 - 10.1063/1.3070627
DO - 10.1063/1.3070627
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:65249119851
VL - 105
JO - Journal of Applied Physics
JF - Journal of Applied Physics
SN - 0021-8979
IS - 7
M1 - 07D120
ER -