Georgieva, MT, Telling, ND, Grundy, PJ, Faunce, CA and Jones, GA 2004, 'Magnetically soft, high moment grain-refined Fe films: application to magnetic tunnel junctions' , Journal of Applied Physics, 96 (5) , pp. 2923-2926.
![[img]](/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png) |
PDF (Publisher version)
Download (219kB) |
Abstract
The effect of N-doping on the microstructure and magnetic properties of thin Fe layers has been employed to construct all Fe-electrode magnetic tunnel junctions that displayed the tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) effect. Using low nitrogen doses, a reduction in coercivity was achieved due to grain refinement, without a concurrent decrease in the saturation magnetization of the Fe films caused by the formation of crystalline iron nitride phases. It was demonstrated that this N-induced grain refinement can be applied beneficially to control the switching field of the "free" layer in magnetic trilayer structures. In general the ability to control magnetic softness without reducing saturation magnetization will prove important for incorporating high spin-polarized materials into spin valves and TMR devices.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Themes: | Subjects / Themes > Q Science > QC Physics Subjects outside of the University Themes |
| Schools: | Schools > School of Computing, Science and Engineering Schools > School of Computing, Science and Engineering > Salford Innovation Research Centre |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Applied Physics |
| Publisher: | AIP Publishing |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| ISSN: | 00218979 |
| Related URLs: | |
| Depositing User: | H Kenna |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Sep 2007 12:31 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Feb 2022 07:38 |
| URI: | https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/368 |
Actions (login required)
 |
Edit record (repository staff only) |
Tools
Tools