Temperature dependence of resistance in epitaxial Fe/MgO/Fe magnetic tunnel junctions
The temperature dependence of resistance in parallel (P) and antiparallel (AP) configurations (RP,AP) has been investigated in epitaxial Fe/MgO/Fe junctions with varying MgO barrier thicknesses tMgO. RAP exhibits a substantial decrease with increasing temperature for samples with tMgO ranging from 3...
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| author | Ma, Q Wang, S Zhang, J Wang, Y Ward, R Wang, C Kohn, A Zhang, X Han, X |
| author_facet | Ma, Q Wang, S Zhang, J Wang, Y Ward, R Wang, C Kohn, A Zhang, X Han, X |
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| description | The temperature dependence of resistance in parallel (P) and antiparallel (AP) configurations (RP,AP) has been investigated in epitaxial Fe/MgO/Fe junctions with varying MgO barrier thicknesses tMgO. RAP exhibits a substantial decrease with increasing temperature for samples with tMgO ranging from 3.0 to 1.5 nm. In contrast, RP is approximately temperature independent when tMgO =3.0 nm and increases with temperature when tMgO =2.1 and 1.5 nm. Possible origins of this temperature dependence of resistance, which include taking into account a spin independent term and consideration of spin-flip scattering, are discussed. We attribute the temperature dependence of RP,AP to the misalignment of magnetic moments in the electrodes due to thermal excitations and its effect on the spin dependent tunneling. © 2009 American Institute of Physics. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:78dbee2c-51d2-40d5-a4e0-99d6880bf2352022-03-26T20:33:21ZTemperature dependence of resistance in epitaxial Fe/MgO/Fe magnetic tunnel junctionsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:78dbee2c-51d2-40d5-a4e0-99d6880bf235EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2009Ma, QWang, SZhang, JWang, YWard, RWang, CKohn, AZhang, XHan, XThe temperature dependence of resistance in parallel (P) and antiparallel (AP) configurations (RP,AP) has been investigated in epitaxial Fe/MgO/Fe junctions with varying MgO barrier thicknesses tMgO. RAP exhibits a substantial decrease with increasing temperature for samples with tMgO ranging from 3.0 to 1.5 nm. In contrast, RP is approximately temperature independent when tMgO =3.0 nm and increases with temperature when tMgO =2.1 and 1.5 nm. Possible origins of this temperature dependence of resistance, which include taking into account a spin independent term and consideration of spin-flip scattering, are discussed. We attribute the temperature dependence of RP,AP to the misalignment of magnetic moments in the electrodes due to thermal excitations and its effect on the spin dependent tunneling. © 2009 American Institute of Physics. |
| spellingShingle | Ma, Q Wang, S Zhang, J Wang, Y Ward, R Wang, C Kohn, A Zhang, X Han, X Temperature dependence of resistance in epitaxial Fe/MgO/Fe magnetic tunnel junctions |
| title | Temperature dependence of resistance in epitaxial Fe/MgO/Fe magnetic tunnel junctions |
| title_full | Temperature dependence of resistance in epitaxial Fe/MgO/Fe magnetic tunnel junctions |
| title_fullStr | Temperature dependence of resistance in epitaxial Fe/MgO/Fe magnetic tunnel junctions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Temperature dependence of resistance in epitaxial Fe/MgO/Fe magnetic tunnel junctions |
| title_short | Temperature dependence of resistance in epitaxial Fe/MgO/Fe magnetic tunnel junctions |
| title_sort | temperature dependence of resistance in epitaxial fe mgo fe magnetic tunnel junctions |
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