Micromagnetic analysis of Heusler alloy-based perpendicular double barrier synthetic antiferromagnetic free layer MTJs
محورهای موضوعی : Journal of Theoretical and Applied PhysicsBahniman Ghosh 1 , Kshitij Dwivedi 2
1 - Microelectronics Research Center, University of Texas at Austin;Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
2 - Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
کلید واژه: Magnetic tunnel junctions, Micromagnetic simulations, Perpendicular anisotropy, Synthetic antiferromagnet, Heusler alloys,
چکیده مقاله :
Abstract We investigate spin transfer torque switching in a perpendicular double barrier synthetic antiferromagnetic free layer MTJ stack using micromagnetic simulations. For the material used in free layers, we use two different Cobalt-based Heusler alloys and compare their performance on the basis of switching speed, thermal stability and Tunnel magnetoresistance. We show that for Heusler alloys switching from one state to other is significantly faster but they suffer from the drawback of low thermal stability.
