Low potential barrier height effects in magnetic tunneling junctions
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This paper reports on the study of deposited (Ni81Fe19/AlOx /Co) magnetic tunnel junctions by magnetron sputtering, with the insulating layer obtained by plasma oxidation of Al. Concentration of the tunnel current in small areas of the junctions and low potential barrier heights were identified by fitting, for each individual sample, the room temperature I-V curves with either Simmons’ [J. Appl. Phys. 34, 1793 1963 ; 35, 2655 (1964) ; 34, 2581 (1963)] or Chow’s [J. Appl. Phys. 36, 559 (1965)] m ...
This paper reports on the study of deposited (Ni81Fe19/AlOx /Co) magnetic tunnel junctions by magnetron sputtering, with the insulating layer obtained by plasma oxidation of Al. Concentration of the tunnel current in small areas of the junctions and low potential barrier heights were identified by fitting, for each individual sample, the room temperature I-V curves with either Simmons’ [J. Appl. Phys. 34, 1793 1963 ; 35, 2655 (1964) ; 34, 2581 (1963)] or Chow’s [J. Appl. Phys. 36, 559 (1965)] model. A fast decrease of the tunnel magnetoresistance as a function of the bias voltage is observed, with an inversion of its signal above a critical value. The results are discussed in terms of the quantum coherence factor for low height insulating barriers. ...
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Physical review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics. Woodbury. Vol. 76, no. 21 (Dec. 2007), 214426 7p.
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