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Exchange Biasing and Magnetoresistance in $\alpha-Fe_2O_3 /NiFe/Cu/NiFe$Spin-valves ($\alpha-Fe_2O_3 /NiFe/Cu/NiFe$ 스핀밸브 박막에서의 자기저항 특성에 대한 연구)

  • 김종기;주호완;이기암;황도근;이상석
    • Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.37-41
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    • 2000
  • We investigated the magnetoresistance effect and the exchange coupling of antiferromagnetic Fe$_2$O$_3$ spin-valve film. The X-ray diffractions of the spin-valve films having a different thickness of a $\alpha$-Fe$_2$O$_3$ were measured. The exchange coupling field (H$_{ex}$) between Fe$_2$O$_3$ and pinned NiFe layer was increased from 13.5 Oe to 84.5 Oe, as the thickness of Fe$_2$O$_3$ increased from 400 $\AA$ to 800 $\AA$. The surface roughness of $\alpha$-Fe$_2$O$_3$spin-valves increased with the increase of $\alpha$-Fe$_2$O$_3$thickness. Therefore, the increase of H$_{ex}$ will be due to the increase of the interface roughness. The MR ratios as a function of Fe$_2$O$_3$ thickness was not changed. And H$_{ex}$ increased by the increment of magnetostatic coupling between Fe$_2$O$_3$ and NiFe (pinned-layer) due to the increment of interface roughness. H$_{ex}$ depends on the surface roughness, but the magnetoresistance ratio doesn't doesn't.

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Ferromagnetic Resonance of Magnetic Tunnel Junctions with an Exchange Biased Synthetic Ferrimagnetic Reference Layer (교환 바이어스 인위적 준강자성 기준층을 포함한 자기 터널 접합의 강자성 공명)

  • Yoon, Jung-Bum;You, Chun-Yeol;Jung, Myung-Hwa
    • Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.121-126
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    • 2011
  • Spin dynamics of magnetic tunnel junctions with free and fixed reference layers is investigated by ferromagnetic resonance micromagnetic simulations. First, in magnetic tunnel junctions with an exchange biased synthetic ferrimagnetic reference layer, a magnetization direction of each layer and the tunneling magnetoresistance are calculated for a DC magnetic field. To investigate the spin exciting modes in magnetic tunnel junctions, we simulate the ferromagnetic resonance frequency spectra with small RF magnetic fields. Exciting modes of the tunneling magnetoresistance calculated by an included angle between free and reference layers is interpreted from those of each layer. Spin exciting modes are different according to a signs of the DC magnetic field. In a negative magnetic field, FMR frequency spectra of free and reference layers are well elucidated by the modified Kittel's equation. However, in a positive magnetic field, there is no simple analytic solution related to FMR frequency spectra due to the coupled modes. Since ferromagnetic layers in magnetic tunnel junctions are interactive each other, careful considerations of the reference and fixed layer as well as the free layer are required for understanding on the spin dynamics of magnetic tunnel junctions with an exchange biased synthetic ferrimagnetic reference layer.

Magnetic and Structural Properties of CoFeZr Alloy Films and Magnetoresistive Properties of Spin Valves Incorporating Amorphous CoFeZr Layer (CoFeZr 합금박막의 미세구조, 자기적 특성 및 비정질 CoFeZr 합금박막을 사용한 스핀밸브의 자기저항 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Ahn, Whang-Gi;Park, Dae-Won;Kim, Ki-Su;Lee, Seong-Rae
    • Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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    • v.18 no.6
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    • pp.227-231
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    • 2008
  • Magnetic and structural properties of CoFeZr alloy films as a function of Zr concentration and magnetoresistive properties of spin valves incorporated with amorphous CoFeZr alloy films have been studied. Magnetization and coercivity of CoFeZr alloy films decreased as the Zr content increased. A single amorphous CoFeZr phase was formed when the Zr content is about above 18 at%. Magnetoresistance ratio and exchange coupling field of spin valves with amorphous CoFeZr were reduced slightly as compared with spin valves with CoFe because the resistance of amophous CoFeZr is higher than that of crystalline CoFe. However, the ${\Delta}{\rho}$ of spin valves with amorphous CoFeZr was improved due to reduction of current shunting.

Study on the Spin Valve Giant Magnetoresistance With a New Mn-Ir-Pt Antife rromagnetic Material (Mn-Ir-Pt 새로운 반강자성체를 사용한 스핀밸브 거대자기저항에 관한 연구)

  • 서수정;윤성용;김장현;전동민;김윤식;이두현
    • Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.141-145
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    • 2001
  • The Mn$\_$80/Ir$\_$18.1/Pt$\_$1.9/ exchange bias layers (EBLs), which have a small amounts of Pt, exhibit a high value of H$\_$ex/. The Si/Ni-Fe/Mn$\_$80/Ir$\_$18.1/Pt$\_$1.9/ EBL shows the largest H$\_$ex/ of 187 Oe, which is equivalent to a exchange energy (J$\_$ex/) of 0.146 erg/cm$^2$. Mn$\_$80/Ir$\_$18.1/Pt$\_$1.9/ EBLS are estimated to have blocking temperature of about 250 $\^{C}$, which is higher than those of Mn-Ir EBLs and Mn-Ir-Pt EBLs with higher Pt contents. This result implies that a little addition of Pt element promotes thermal stability in the Mn-Ir-Pt EBLs. The chemical stability of Mn-Ir-Pt EBLs was characterized by potentiodynamic test, which was performed in 0.001 M NaCl solution. The current density of Mn-Ir-Pt films was gradually reduced with increasing Pt content. The present results indicate that the Mn-Ir-Pt with a small amount of Pt is suitable for an antiferromagnetic material for a reliable spin valve giant magnetoresistance device.

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