Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy in MgO/CoFeB/Nb and a Comparison of the Cap Layer Effect
2014
High perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) has been recently revealed in CoFeB/MgO/CoFeB tunnel junctions if the thickness of CoFeB is 2 while MgO/CoFeB/Ru has a much weaker interface anisotropy constant ~0.68 erg/cm 2 . In addition, the magnetic dead layer (MDL) of MgO/CoFeB/cap (cap = Ta and Nb) is ~0.1 nm while MgO/CoFeB/Ru has a much larger MDL ~0.5 nm. The metallic layer effect on the PMA in CoFeB/MgO-based perpendicular structure is attributed to the interdiffusion during the post-annealing process. The possible correlation between PMA and MDL provides a possible mechanism for the metal layer effect in the CoFeB/MgO-based structures.
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