Dependence of spin-transfer switching current on free layer thickness in Co-Fe-B/MgO/Co-Fe-B magnetic tunnel junctions

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Kubota, Hitoshi ^a   Fukushima, Akio ^a   Ootani, Yuichi ^a   Yuasa, Shinji ^a,d   Ando, Koji ^a   Maehara, Hiroki ^b   Tsunekawa, Koji ^b   Djayaprawira, David D ^b   Watanabe, Naoki ^b   Suzuki, Yoshishige ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b Canon ANELVA Technix Corporation   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; INTERMETALLICS; IRON; LAYERED MANUFACTURING; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETORESISTANCE; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; SWITCHING; THICKNESS CONTROL;

LAYER THICKNESS; MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; SPIN-TRANSFER SWITCHING (STS);

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 33746296485     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2222241     Document Type: Article

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