Magnetic stability under magnetic cycling of MgO-based magnetic tunneling junctions with an exchange-biased synthetic antiferromagnetic pinned layer

We investigate the magnetic stability and endurance of MgO-based magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) with an exchange-biased synthetic antiferromagnetic (SAF) pinned layer. When a uniaxially cycling switching field is applied along the easy axis of the free magnetic layer, the magnetoresistance varies...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Qiang Hao, Cameron Reid, Gang Xiao, Hon Ming Chan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2016-02-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4941753