Berlin 2012 – wissenschaftliches Programm

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DS: Fachverband Dünne Schichten

DS 19: Poster I: Multiferroics (jointly with MA, DF, KR, TT), Spins in organic materials (jointly with MA), FePt Nanoparticles (jointly with MA, MM)

DS 19.59: Poster

Dienstag, 27. März 2012, 12:15–15:15, Poster A

Spin transport and tunnel magnetoresistance of MgO-based magnetic tunnel junctions with different CoFeB compositions — •Vladyslav Zbarsky¹, Marvin Walter¹, Gerrit Eilers¹, Markus Münzenberg¹, Patrick Peretzki², Michael Seibt², and Johannes Leutenantsmeyer¹ — ¹I. Phys. Inst., Universität Göttingen, Germany — ²IV. Phys. Inst., Universität Göttingen, Germany

The optimization of MTJs is necessary for increasing the TMR and therefore is very important for the production of MRAM devices. The quality of the tunnel barrier of our CoFeB/MgO/CoFeB MTJs is essential for getting high TMR. For this reason we minimized the roughness of MgO layer on the TMR. Another important parameter which we could optimize is the choice and preparation of the buffer layer. For example we compared two sorts of Ta buffer layers: prepared via magnetron sputtering and via e-beam evaporation. Already by optimizing these two parameters we could increase the TMR from 80% to above 220%. The next important step is further optimization of annealing parameters, because annealing influences the crystallisation behaviour of our MTJs. In this case, we investigate the influence of the annealing temperatures and annealing duration on the TMR. For the magneto-Seebeck effect a strong dependence on the choice of CoFeB composition is theoretically predicted. A change in the composition is of strong interest since the Fe to Co ratio gradually tunes the Fermi level by electron doping. In this context, we investigate the behaviour of TMR and spin transport for different CoFeB alloys.