• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.556-561
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• 2013

Interest in spin-torque oscillators (STOs) has been increasing due to their potential use in communication devices. In particular the magnetic tunnel junction-based STO (MTJ-STO) with high perpendicular anisotropy is gaining attention since it can generate high output power. In this paper, a circuit-level model for an in-plane magnetized MTJ-STO with partial perpendicular anisotropy is proposed. The model includes the perpendicular torque and the shift field for more accurate modeling. The bias voltage dependence of perpendicular torque is represented as quadratic. The model is written in Verilog-A, and simulated using HSPICE simulator with a current-mirror circuit and a multi-stage wideband amplifier. The simulation results show the proposed model can accurately replicate the experimental data such that the power increases and the frequency decreases as the value of the perpendicular anisotropy gets close to the value of the demagnetizing field.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.380-385
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• 2013

We find a metastable vortex state of the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy free layer in spin transfer torque magnetic tunneling junctions by using micromagnetic simulations. The metastable vortex state does not exist in a single layer, and it is only found in the trilayer structure with the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy polarizer layer. It is revealed that the physical origin is the non-uniform stray field from the polarizer layer.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.157-159
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• 2008

The effect of the perpendicular field on the trajectory of a vortex core driven by spin-transfer torque was investigated using micromagnetic simulations. The trajectory of the vortex core was staggered due to distortions of the moving vortex core. The core trajectory was affected by both the perpendicular field and ${\beta}$ value, which is the relative magnitude of nonadiabatic spin torque to the adiabatic spin torque. This suggests that the effect of the perpendicular field should be considered when examining a vortex core trajectory affected by ${\beta}$.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.52-55
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• 2011

스핀전달토크는 나노구조에서 자성상태를 제어하는데 유용한 수단이다. 자기터널접합에서 스핀전달토크는 자성물질층의 자화가 이루는 평면에 평행한 성분과 수직인 성분으로 나눌 수 있다. 이중 평행한 성분의 스핀전달토크의 성질은 상당히 잘 알려져 있으나, 수직인 성분의 스핀전달토크의 성질에 대해서는 여전히 이견이 많다. 비대칭 자기터널접합에서의 최근 실험에서, 수직전달토크의 전압 의존성이 전압의 이차항 성분뿐만 아니라 일차항 성분도 가짐을 보고하였다. 하지만 물질 변수에 대한 의존성은 여전히 잘 알려지지 않았다. 이 논문에서는 비대칭 자기터널접합에서의 스핀전달토크의 전압의존성을, 강자성층의 스핀 갈라짐 에너지와 일함수의 차이, 그리고 페르미 에너지를 변화시켜 가면서 체계적인 조사를 하였다.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.101-103
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• 2009

The spin transfer torque efficiency was determined experimentally by observing the current-driven domainwall depinning of Pt/CoFe/Pt nanowires with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. The depinning time was exponentially proportional to the applied magnetic field, and was well explained by the Neel-Brown formula. The depinning time and threshold magnetic field were varied considerably by injecting current into the nanowire. The spin transfer torque efficiency was estimated to be $(7.2{\pm}0.9){\times}10^{-15}Tm^2$/A from the linear dependence of the threshold current density with respect to the applied magnetic field.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.153-156
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• 2008

We conducted a micromagnetic modeling study to investigate the spin torque oscillator (STO) using a perpendicular polarizer. We used an additional layer of negative anisotropy constant materials (NAM) on a conventional STO. For the NAM layer, the magnetic easy plane is parallel to the in-plane easy axis of the free layer, and inhibits the development of the out-of-plane component of the magnetization in the free layer. As a result, this new type of STO provides a high frequency limit up to 50 GHz.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2014년도 제46회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.356.2-356.2
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• 2014

Spin Transfer Torque (STT) is of great interest in data writing scheme for the Magneto-resistive Random Access Memory (MRAM) using Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MTJ). Scalability for high density memory requires ferromagnetic electrodes having the perpendicular magnetic easy axis. We investigated CoZr as the ferromagnetic electrode. It is observed that interfacial magnetic anisotropy is preferred perpendicular to the plane with thickness dependence on the interfaces with Pt layer. The anisotropy energy (Ku) with thickness dependence shows a change of magnetic-easy-axis direction from perpendicular to in-plane around 1.2 nm of CoZr. The interfacial anisotropy (Ki) as the directly related parameters to switching and thermal stability, are estimated as $1.64erg/cm^2$ from CoZr/Pt multilayered system.

• 한국자기학회:학술대회 개요집
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• 한국자기학회 2015년도 임시총회 및 하계학술연구발표회
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• pp.15-16
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• 2015

• 한국자기학회:학술대회 개요집
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• 한국자기학회 2015년도 자성 및 자성재료 국제학술대회
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• pp.109-110
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• 2015

• 한국자기학회:학술대회 개요집
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• 한국자기학회 2016년도 임시총회 및 하계학술연구발표회
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• pp.107-108
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• 2016