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JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS & EXPRESS LETTERS
卷 44, 期 46-49, 页码 L1442-L1445出版社
JAPAN SOC APPLIED PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.44.L1442
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tunnel magnetoresistance; MgO barrier; resistance; sputtering pressure; CoFeB
We investigated dependence of tunnel magnetoresistance effect in CoFeB/MgO/CoFeB magnetic tunnel junctions on Ar pressure during MgO-barrier sputtering. Sputter deposition of MgO-barrier at high Ar pressure of 10 mTorr resulted in smooth surface and highly (001) oriented MgO. Using this MgO as a tunnel barrier, tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) ratio as high as 355% at room temperature (578% at 5 K) was realized after annealing at 325 degrees C or higher, which appears to be related to a highly (001) oriented CoFeB texture promoted by the smooth and highly oriented MgO. Electron-beam lithography defined deep-submicron MTJs having a low-resistivity Au underlayer with the high-pressure deposited MgO showed high TMR ratio at low resistance-area product (RA) below 10 Omega mu m(2) as 27% at RA = 0.8 Omega mu m(2), 77% at RA = 1.1 Omega mu m(2), 130% at RA = 1.7 Omega mu m(2), and 165% at RA = 2.9 Omega mu m(2).
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