Future perspectives for spintronic devices

A Hirohata, K Takanashi - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Spintronics is one of the emerging research fields in nanotechnology and has been growing
very rapidly. Studies of spintronics were started after the discovery of giant …

The development of perpendicular magnetic tunneling junctions

HM LEE, YENCHI LEE, HAOH CHEN, L HORNG… - Spin, 2012 - World Scientific
This paper reviews the progress made over the last few years in understanding the
development of perpendicular magnetic tunneling junctions (pMTJs). The material systems …

Low-field giant magnetoresistance in layered magnetic rings

FJ Castano, D Morecroft, CA Ross - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter …, 2006 - APS
The low-field magnetization reversal of NiFe∕ Cu∕ Co multilayer mesoscopic elliptical and
circular rings has been investigated via magnetoresistance measurements and …

Multibits magnetic recording using a ferromagnetic element with shifted vortex core position

HG Piao, D Djuhana, SK Oh, SC Yu, DH Kim - Applied Physics Letters, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
We suggest a patterned ferromagnetic multibits element for an ultrahigh density magnetic
recording media. The pattern is composed of a circular ferromagnetic disk in contact to four …

Effects of Interlayer Coupling in Elongated Nanorings

Y Ren, AO Adeyeye, C Nam… - IEEE transactions on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We describe the magnetization reversal processes in multilayer elongated Ni 80 Fe 20 (10
nm)/Au (t= 0 to 20 nm)/Co (20 nm)/Si (001) nanorings. For a field applied in-plane along the …

Investigation on the magnetization reversal of nanostructured magnetic tunnel junction rings

CC Chen, JY Lin, L Horng, JS Yang… - IEEE transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nanostructured magnetic tunnel junction rings (MTJ) based on CoFeB free layer were
fabricated to investigate the corresponding magnetization reversal processes. The …

Current-in-plane magnetoresistance of spin valve elliptical rings

W Jung, FJ Castano, CA Ross - Applied Physics Letters, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
The giant magnetoresistance of Ni Fe∕ Cu∕ Co∕ Ir Mn spin valve elliptical rings with 3.2∕
1.9 μ m major/minor diameter and widths of 340–370 nm has been characterized in a …

Spin transfer torque in deep submicron annular CPP-GMR devices

MT Moneck, JG Zhu - IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The ability of magnetic annuli to produce various magnetization configurations make them
attractive for magnetic memory applications. In this study, the authors present …

Angular dependence of magnetoresistance during magnetization reversal on magnetic tunnel junction ring

CC Chen, CC Chang, YC Chang… - IEEE transactions on …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Microstructured magnetic tunnel junction ring with outer/inner diameter of 2/1 mum has been
fabricated to investigate the angular dependence of magnetoresistance during …

Control of interlayer magnetostatic coupling in submicron-sized Fe∕ Au∕ Fe rings

T Miyawaki, M Kohda, A Fujita, J Nitta - Applied Physics Letters, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
We have investigated the inner diameter dependence of magnetostatic coupling in Fe∕
Au∕ Fe pseudospin valve (PSV) rings by the magneto-optical Kerr effect. Hysteresis loops …