Criteria for ferromagnetic-insulator-ferromagnetic tunneling

被引：53

作者：

Åkerman, JJ ^{[1
]}

Escudero, R

Leighton, C

Kim, S

Rabson, DA

Dave, RW

Slaughter, JM

Schuller, IK

机构：

[1] Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Phys 0319, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA

[2] Univ S Florida, Dept Phys, Tampa, FL 33620 USA

[3] Motorola Labs, Phys Sci Res Labs, Tempe, AZ 85284 USA

[4] Natl Autonomous Univ Mexico, Inst Invest Mat, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico

来源：

JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS | 2002年 / 240卷 / 1-3期

基金：

美国能源部;

关键词：

magnetoresistance; thin films-trilayer; tunneling;

D O I：

10.1016/S0304-8853(01)00712-0

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

The Rowell criteria, commonly used to identify tunneling in magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJ), are scrutinized. While neither the exponential-thickness dependence of the conductivity nor fits of non-linear transport data are found to be reliable tunneling criteria, the temperature-dependent conductivity does remain a solid criterion. Based on experimental studies of the bias and temperature-dependent resistance and magnetoresistance of MTJs, with and without shorted barriers, a new set of criteria is formulated. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：86 / 91

页数：6

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