反铁磁Cr插入层对CoFe/MgO/CoFe磁性隧道结的隧穿磁电阻的影响

利用基于密度泛函理论和非平衡态格林函数的第一性原理计算研究了CoFe/MgO/CoFe磁性隧道结的隧穿磁电阻效应。给出了该隧道结隧穿磁电阻与偏压的依赖关系,并计算了平行结构与反平行结构相应的I-V特性曲线和传输谱。通过在一侧电极与势垒层之间插入反铁磁金属Cr层,观察到了隧穿磁电阻、电导随插入层Cr层数增加发生衰减和2个原子层周期的振荡现象,这主要是由于Cr拥有反铁磁结构,在Cr/MgO界面形成了与Cr磁矩取向相关的界面散射。     

反铁磁Cr插入层对CoFe/MgO/CoFe磁性隧道结的隧穿磁电阻的影响

利用基于密度泛函理论和非平衡态格林函数的第一性原理计算研究了CoFe/MgO/CoFe磁性隧道结的隧穿磁电阻效应.给出了该隧道结隧穿磁电阻与偏压的依赖关系,并计算了平行结构与反平行结构相应的I-V特性曲线和传输谱.通过在一侧电极与势垒层之间插入反铁磁金属Cr层,观察到了隧穿磁电阻、电导随插入层Cr层数增加发生衰减和2个原子层周期的振荡现象,这主要是由于Cr拥有反铁磁结构,在Cr/MgO界面形成了与Cr磁矩取向相关的界面散射.     

NM/FI/NI/FI/NM新型双自旋过滤隧道结的隧穿电导和隧穿磁电阻

在NM/FI/FI/NM型双自旋过滤隧道结(此处NM为非磁金属层，FI为铁磁绝缘体或半导体层)的基础上，我们提出一种NM/FI/NI/FI/NM新型双自旋过滤隧道结(此处NI表示非磁绝缘体或半导体层). 插入NI层的目的是为了避免原双自旋过滤隧道结中相邻FI层界面处磁的耦合作用所导致的对隧穿磁电阻的不利影响. 在自由电子近似的基础上，利用转移矩阵方法，对NM/FI/NI/FI/NM新型双自旋过滤隧道结的隧穿电导、隧穿磁电阻与FI层及NI层厚度的变化关系以及随偏压的变化关系进行了理论研究.计算结果表明，在NM/FI/NI/FI/NM新型双自旋过滤隧道结中仍可以得到很大的TMR值. 关键词： 双自旋过滤隧道结 隧穿磁电阻 非磁绝缘(半导)体间隔层     

磁电子学讲座 第五讲 自旋极化输运及隧道巨磁电阻效应

简要回顾了利用量子隧道效应测定铁磁金属传导电子自旋极化率的研究历史．综述了自旋极化电子隧穿效应导致的“铁磁金属／非磁绝缘体／铁磁金属”三层平面型隧道结（简称ＦＭ／Ｉ／ＦＭ隧道结）中的巨磁电阻效应以及“铁磁金属／非磁绝缘体”颗粒膜系统中的隧穿类型巨磁电阻效应的研究进展．     

第五讲 自旋极化输运及隧道巨磁电阻效应

简要回顾了利用量子隧道效应测定铁磁金属传导电子自旋极化率的研究历史，综述了自旋极化电子隧穿产应导致的“铁磁金属／非磁绝缘体／铁磁金属”三层平面型隧道结中的巨磁电阻效应以及“铁磁金属／非磁绝缘体”颗粒膜系统中的隧穿类型巨磁电阻效应的研究进展。     

MgO单晶势垒磁性隧道结的第一性原理计算和实验研究

在MgO单晶势垒磁性隧道结中发现的室温高隧穿磁电阻现象,是近些年自旋电子学以及磁性隧道结磁电阻材料研究中的又一重大突破。本文主要评述和介绍2001年以来MgO单晶势垒磁性隧道结第一性原理计算和实验上的重要进展,以及介绍利用Layer-KKR第一性原理计算方法研究的Fe(001)/MgO/Fe、Fe(001)/FeO/MgO/Fe、Fe(001)/Mg/MgO/Fe、Fe(001)/Co/MgO/Co/Fe和Fe(001)/MgO/Fe/MgO/Fe等基于单晶MgO(001)单势垒及双势垒磁性隧道结材料的电子结构和自旋相关输运性质研究的最新进展。这些第一性原理定量计算的结果,不仅从物理上增强了对MgO单晶势垒磁性隧道结的电子结构和自旋相关输运特性的了解,而且对于研究新型室温磁电阻隧道结材料及其在自旋电子学器件中的广泛应用,具有一定的参考价值。     

MgO单晶势垒磁性隧道结的第一性原理计算和实验研究

在MgO单晶势垒磁性隧道结中发现的室温高隧穿磁电阻现象,是近些年自旋电子学以及磁性隧道结磁电阻材料研究中的又一重大突破.本文主要评述和介绍2001年以来MgO单晶势垒磁性隧道结第一性原理计算和实验上的重要进展,以及介绍利用Layer-KKR第一性原理计算方法研究的Fe(001)/MgO/Fe、Fe(001)/FeO/MgO/Fe、Fe(001)/Mg/MgO/Fe、Fe(001)/Co/MgO/Co/Fe和Fe(001)[MgO/Fe/MgO/Fe等基于单晶MgO(001)单势垒及双势垒磁性隧道结材料的电子结构和自旋相关输运性质研究的最新进展.这些第一性原理定量计算的结果,不仅从物理上增强了对MgO单晶势垒磁性隧道结的电子结构和自旋相关输运特性的了解,而且对于研究新型室温磁电阻隧道结材料及其在自旋电子学器件中的广泛应用,具有一定的参考价值.     

对称抛物势阱磁性隧道结中的自旋输运及磁电阻效应

研究了两端具有铁磁接触的对称抛物势阱磁性隧道结(F/SPW/F)中自旋相关的隧穿概率和隧穿磁电阻,讨论了量子尺寸效应和Rashba 自旋轨道耦合作用对自旋极化输运特性的影响.研究结果表明:隧穿概率和隧穿磁电阻随抛物势阱宽度的增加发生周期性的振荡.抛物势阱深度的增加减小了隧穿概率和隧穿磁电阻的振荡频率.Rashba 自旋轨道耦合强度的增加加大了隧穿概率和隧穿磁电阻的振荡频率.隧穿概率和隧穿磁电阻的振幅和峰谷比强烈依赖于两铁磁电极中磁化方向的夹角. 关键词： 磁性隧道结 Rashba 自旋轨道耦合 隧穿概率 隧穿磁电阻     

自旋电子学材料、物理和器件设计原理的研究进展

文章介绍了作者所在实验室在巨磁电阻(GMR)、隧穿磁电阻(TMR)、庞磁电阻(CMR)和反铁磁钉扎薄膜材料以及单晶金属氧化物、高自旋极化率材料、P-N异质结和纳米环磁随机存储器原理型演示器件设计等研究方面取得的一些重要研究成果和进展.例如:在Al-O势垒磁性隧道结材料体系里,获得室温磁电阻超过80%的国际最好结果;获得两种高性能层状反铁磁钉扎材料体系;发现具有大的电致电阻效应的CMR薄膜材料,并可期望用于电流直接进行磁信息写和读操作的磁存储介质;发现双势垒磁性隧道结中的量子阱态共振隧穿和磁电阻振荡效应,以及纳米器件体系中自旋翻转长度的观测新方法,可用于新型自旋电子学材料及相关器件的人工辅助设计;利用电子自旋共振谱探测和研究了金属氧化物的微观自旋结构和各向异性;在[CoFe/Pt]n磁性金属多层膜中,观测到超高灵敏度的反常霍尔效应;利用纳米环状磁性隧道结作为存储单元,研制出一种新型纳米环磁随机存储器MRAM原理型演示器件.     

自旋输运和巨磁电阻--自旋电子学的物理基础之一

介绍磁性纳米结构和锰氧化物中电子的自旋极化输运和巨磁电阻效应，它们是新近发展的自旋电子学的物理基础之一．着重讨论的是以下三方面的基本物理图像：磁多层结构的巨磁电阻，铁磁隧道结的隧穿磁电阻，掺杂锰氧化物的庞磁电阻效应．     

Thermal Stability of CoFe/Cu/CoFe/IrMn Top Spin Valve

We present a study of thermal stability of the top spin valve with a structure of seed Ta （Snm）/Co75Fe25 （5 nm ） /Cu （2.5 nm） /Co75Fe25 （5 nm ） /Ir20Mn80（12 nm） /cap Ta （8 nm） deposited at room temperature by magnetron sputtering. A vibrating sample magnetometer fixed with a heater was used to record the magnetic hysteresis loops at variational temperatures and x-ray diffraction was performed to characterize the structure of the multilayer. The exchange field Hex and the coercivity of the pinned CoFe layer Hop decrease monotonically with increasing temperature. The coercivity of the free CoFe layer Hcf in the spin valve shows a maximum at 498K. The temperature dependences of Hex, Hop and Hcf have also been discussed.     

Hot-electron transport properties of CoFe/n-Si and CoFe/Cu/n-Si junctions

The hot-electron transport properties of different thickness of CoFe films deposited on n-Si substrate with and without Cu layer were investigated. Diode characteristics were tested to obtain the heights of Schottky barrier for different samples. The dependences of Schottky heights on CoFe thickness were studied. The research shows that the height of the Schottky barrier can be adjusted and a good Schottky diode can be obtained by controlling the thickness of CoFe film accurately. The results are very important for the application of spintronic devices, such as spin valve transistor (SVT) and magnetic tunnel transistor (MTT).     

Magnetoresistance study and interlayer coupling of CoFe/Os/CoFe thin films

The CoFe/Os/CoFe thin films were deposited on natural oxidized Si(1 0 0) substrates at room temperature by an ultra-high vacuum DC-magnetron sputtering system with a base pressure less than 1×10⁻⁸ Torr. The thickness of the ferromagnetic layers was 100 Å in all cases and a series of trilayers with Os spacer ranging from 3 to 20 Å was made. Effects of the Os layer thickness on the magnetoresistance (MR) and magnetic properties were investigated. The results showed that the magnetism switched from ferromagnetic (Os thickness=3, 5 Å) to antiferromagnetic (Os thickness=7–13 Å) and then ferromagnetic (Os thickness=20 Å) again. From the MR study, we see that the AMR ratio decreased from 4.64% to the minimum value 0.69% at 9 Å and then increased; GMR ratio increased from 0.01% to the maximum value 0.43% at 9 Å and then decreased. From the hysteresis loops, the results exhibited that coercivity increased from 16 Oe to the maximum value 92 Oe at 9 Å and then decreased, and squareness value decreased from 0.97 to the minimum value 0.17 at 9 Å and then increased. Dependence of saturation field on Os spacer-layer thickness for CoFe trilayers showed a maximum value 216 Oe at 9 Å. This suggests that the small GMR effect may be related to the small exchange coupling strength in CoFe/Os/CoFe thin films.     

Tuning exchange coupling by replacing CoFe with amorphous CoFeB in the CoFe/Ru/CoFe synthetic antiferromagnetic structure

We studied exchange coupling in the CoFe/Ru/CoFe synthetic antiferromagnetic structure with systematical replacement of the crystalline CoFe with amorphous CoFeB. Antiferromagnetic exchange coupling intensity decreases with an increase in the replacement in the bottom magnetic layer, which indicates that exchange coupling intensity could be tuned by the replacement. The origin of weakening antiferromagnetic exchange coupling is attributed to the amorphous CoFeB replacement inducing incomplete crystallization and disordered orientation in the Ru layer.     

Influence of temperature on thermal relaxation of exchange bias field in CoFe/Cu/CoFe/IrMn spin valve

A multilayered spin valve film with a structure of Ta(5 nm)/Co_(75)Fe_(25)(5 nm)/Cu(2.5 nm)/Co_(75)Fe_(25)(5 nm)/Ir_(20)Mn_(80)(12 nm)/Ta(8 nm) is prepared by the high-vacuum direct current(DC) magnetron sputtering. The effect of temperature on the spin valve structure and the magnetic properties are studied by x-ray diffraction(XRD), atomic force microscopy(AFM), and vibrating sample magnetometry. The effect of temperature on the exchange bias field thermomagnetic properties of multilayered spin valve is studied by the residence time of samples in a reverse saturation field. The results show that as the temperature increases, the Ir Mn(111) texture weakens, surface/interface roughness increases, and the exchange bias field decreases. Below 200℃, the exchange bias field decreases with the residence time increasing, and at the beginning of the negative saturation field, the exchange bias field Hex decreases first quickly and then slowly gradually. When the temperature is greater than 200℃, the exchange bias field is unchanged with the residence time increasing.     

Transient NMR/ON of56CoFe

Adiabatic Fast Passage NMR/ON measurements on single crystal⁵⁶CoFe indicate a unique electric field gradient when the applied field is parallel to the 100 direction.A well defined spin echo has been observed with pulsed NMR/ON using the 847 keV gamma and the echo amplitude decay followed for pulse separations out to 75 ms. The decay of the echo is non exponential, being essentially constant for pulse separations of 75 s, 750 s and 7.5 ms. The echo is significantly attenuated at 75 ms. This may be contrasted with an effective nuclear spin lattice relaxation time of T ₁ 30 s.     

High temperature magnetoresistance in (Co,CoFe and NiFe)/Cu/CoFe/IrMn spin-valves

The MR characteristics of temperature variations ranging from room temperature to 570 K for IrMn spin-valves which consist of free layer Co, CoFe and NiFe were studied. Co-SV had the highest MR value in all temperature ranges among them and even at 510 K the MR ratio held more than half of room temperature value. Whereas CoFe-SV had a slightly higher MR than NiFe-SV below 450 K, above 450 K CoFe-SV showed a lower MR ratio than NiFe-SV. MR loops of large coercivity such as CoFe free magnetic layer collapsed in the lower elevated temperature compared to NiFe and Co. Small coercivity of the free magnetic layer would be preferable to spin-valves.     

Influence of Ga+ ion irradiation on the magnetisation reversal process and magnetoresistance in CoFe/Cu/CoFe/IrMn spin valves

Ga+ion irradiation is performed on the surfaces of IrMn-based spin valves and the effects of ion irradiation on the magnetisation reversal process and magnetoresistance(MR) are investigated.The results show that the exchange bias field and magnetoresistance ratio of the spin valve decrease with the increase of ion dose.The width of the forward step between the free layer and the pinned layer becomes gradually smaller with the increase of ion dose whilst the recoil step tends to be narrower with ion dose increasing up to 6×10 13 ions/cm 2 and the step disappears afterwards.Two peaks in the R-H curve are found to be asymmetric.