Klostermann, U. K. and Boeve, H. and Ruehrig, M. and Rupp, G. and Bayreuther, Guenther and Wecker, J. (2001) Influence of a magnetic seed line on the switching behaviour of submicrometre sized magnetic tunnel junctions. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS, 34 (14). pp. 2117-2122. ISSN 0022-3727
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Magnetic tunnel junctions in the sub-micrometre range have been patterned by electron beam lithography. The hard reference electrode is composed of an artificial antiferromagnetic subsystem while the soft magnetic detection layer is Permalloy (NiFe). The magnetic switching characteristic is studied for various seed layers. For a polycrystalline iron seed line the magnetoresistance switching curve is irregular and not well behaved, while for a nonmagnetic seed layer (Ru) the reproducibility is good and the switching can be related to the shape of the element. We discuss possible coupling mechanisms and show that the magnetization reversal of the soft layer is mainly driven by the large stray fields of moving Neel-type domain walls in the Fe seed layer.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ELEMENTS; SUBSYSTEM; AAF; |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 530 Physics |
| Divisions: | Physics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics > Alumni or Retired Professors > Group Günther Bayreuther |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Dec 2021 06:43 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Dec 2021 06:43 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/41255 |
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