Recent developments in perpendicular magnetic anisotropy thin films for data storage applications

B Tudu, A Tiwari - Vacuum, 2017 - Elsevier
The incessant demand for higher density, faster access time and lower power consuming
memory devices such as random access memories have driven tremendous research and …

Modulation of heavy metal/ferromagnetic metal interface for high‐performance spintronic devices

S Peng, D Zhu, J Zhou, B Zhang, A Cao… - Advanced Electronic …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Spintronic devices such as magnetic tunnel junctions and skyrmions have attracted
considerable attention due to features such as nonvolatility, high scalability, low power, and …

Field-free spin–orbit torque switching enabled by the interlayer Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction

W He, C Wan, C Zheng, Y Wang, X Wang, T Ma… - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Perpendicularly magnetized structures that are switchable using a spin current under field-
free conditions can potentially be applied in spin–orbit torque magnetic random-access …

Enhanced tunneling magnetoresistance and perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in Mo/CoFeB/MgO magnetic tunnel junctions

H Almasi, DR Hickey, T Newhouse-Illige, M Xu… - Applied Physics …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
Structural, magnetic, and transport studies have been performed on perpendicular magnetic
tunnel junctions (pMTJ) with Mo as the buffer and capping layers. After annealing samples at …

Failure analysis in magnetic tunnel junction nanopillar with interfacial perpendicular magnetic anisotropy

W Zhao, X Zhao, B Zhang, K Cao, L Wang, W Kang… - Materials, 2016 - mdpi.com
Magnetic tunnel junction nanopillar with interfacial perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA-
MTJ) becomes a promising candidate to build up spin transfer torque magnetic random …

Nonlinear and multilevel resistive switching memory in Ni/Si3N4/Al2O3/TiN structures

S Kim, BG Park - Applied Physics Letters, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
In this letter, we extensively investigate the nonlinear resistive switching characteristics of Si
3 N 4-based resistive random access memory (RRAM) devices that contain an Al 2 O 3 …

Thermally stable voltage-controlled perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in Mo| CoFeB| MgO structures

X Li, G Yu, H Wu, PV Ong, K Wong, Q Hu… - Applied Physics …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We study voltage-controlled magnetic anisotropy (VCMA) and other magnetic properties in
annealed Mo| CoFeB| MgO layered structures. The interfacial perpendicular magnetic …

Thickness-Dependent Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy and Gilbert Damping in Heterostructures

J Lourembam, A Ghosh, M Zeng, SK Wong, QJ Yap… - Physical Review …, 2018 - APS
Hf/Co 20 Fe 60 B 20/Mg O is an attractive alternative free-layer structure for the realization of
high-thermal-stability magnetoresistance random access memory (MRAM) because of its …

High performance perpendicular magnetic tunnel junction with Co/Ir interfacial anisotropy for embedded and standalone STT-MRAM applications

Y Huai, H Gan, Z Wang, P Xu, X Hao, BK Yen… - Applied Physics …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
High volume spin transfer torque magnetoresistance random access memory (STT-MRAM)
for standalone and embedded applications requires a thin perpendicular magnetic tunnel …

Size dependence of nanosecond-scale spin-torque switching in perpendicularly magnetized tunnel junctions

T Devolder, A Le Goff, V Nikitin - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
We have time resolved the spin-transfer-torque-induced switching in perpendicularly
magnetized tunnel junctions of diameters from 50 to 250 nm in the subthreshold thermally …