Symmetry broken spin reorientation transition in epitaxial MgO/Fe/MgO layers with competing anisotropies

Abstract The observation of perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) at MgO/Fe interfaces boosted the development of spintronic devices based on ultrathin ferromagnetic layers. Yet, magnetization reversal in the standard magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) with competing PMA and in-plane anisotropies re...

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Main Authors: Isidoro Martínez, Coriolan Tiusan, Michel Hehn, Mairbek Chshiev, Farkhad G. Aliev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-27720-7