Reliability enhancement due to in-situ post-oxidation of sputtered MgO barrier in double MgO barrier magnetic tunnel junction

We have investigated the effects of in-situ post-oxidation (PO) of a sputtered MgO barrier in a double-MgO-barrier magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) and found that the short error rate was significantly reduced, the magnetoresistance (MR) ratio was increased approximately 18%, and the endurance lifetim...

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Main Authors: Chikako Yoshida, Hideyuki Noshiro, Yuichi Yamazaki, Toshihiro Sugii
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2017-06-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4985300