期刊
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
卷 107, 期 6, 页码 -出版社
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.3327440
关键词
1; f noise; annealing; boron alloys; cobalt alloys; iron alloys; magnesium compounds; magnetoresistive devices; sputtered coatings; tunnelling magnetoresistance; vacancies (crystal)
资金
- DOE [DE-FG0207ER46374]
The low-frequency resistance noise in sputtered-deposited magnetic tunnel junctions with MgO barriers has been measured as a function of annealing time at different annealing temperatures. The noise has a 1/f spectrum and it is quantified by a Hooge-like parameter alpha given in units of mu m(2). Unannealed devices have the highest noise levels and their alpha parameters exhibit a pronounced dependence on the voltage bias across the junction. A significant increase in tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) is observed for short annealing times (on the order of minutes) at high temperatures and it is correlated with a large reduction in noise and in its bias dependence. The maximum TMR and minimum noise levels are reached at a later time that depends on temperature, being shorter at higher annealing temperatures. Devices annealed at 380 and at 430 degrees C exhibit the same minimum noise levels, alpha approximate to 2x10(-10) mu m(2). The origin of the resistance noise, its annealing time evolution, and its bias dependence are discussed and they are attributed to vacancy defects in the MgO barriers.
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