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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 89, Issue 16, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.2352046
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An ultralow resistance-area (RA) product of 0.4 Omega(mu m)(2) was achieved in CoFeB/MgO/CoFeB magnetic tunnel junctions with a high magnetoresistance ratio of 57% at room temperature. Various growth conditions for polycrystalline MgO(001) tunneling barrier were optimized to improve the crystalline orientation of the MgO(001) layer, which resulted in a significant enhancement of magnetoresistance in an ultralow RA region below 1 Omega(mu m)(2). Removal of residual H2O molecules from a growth chamber was especially effective in improving the crystalline orientation. The present achievements will enable the development of highly sensitive read heads for ultrahigh-density hard disk drives.
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