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MgO厚势垒Co2FeAl/MgO/CoFe磁性隧道结中自旋极化的非相干隧穿降低

Reduction of spin polarization by incoherent tunneling in Co2FeAl/MgO/CoFe magnetic tunnel junctions with thick MgO barriers

M. S. Gabor, C. Tiusan, T. Petrisor, T. Petrisor, M. Hehn, Y. Lu, E. Snoeck

摘要:

我们报告的自旋极化减少非相干隧穿在现实的单晶Co2 FeAl/MgO/Co 50 Fe 50磁性隧道结(MTJ)相比,参考Fe/MgO/Fe。厚的MgO势垒及其与Co2 FeAl电极的3.8%晶格失配确保了基于Heusler的MTJ中的大密度的失配位错。我们的分析涉及相关的结构运输方法。用高分辨透射电子显微术相分析研究了实空间中的晶体学相干性。在变温下的电子输运实验,与理论扩展的Glazman-Matveev模型拟合,解决不同层次的隧道机制从直接到多中心跳跃。我们证明了一个双重的负面影响的位错,作为扩展的缺陷,隧道极化。首先,晶体对称性的破缺破坏了传播Bloch函数的纵向和横向相干性。这影响了跨(100)MgO势垒的Delta_1态的对称滤波效率,并降低了相关的有效隧穿极化。其次,位错提供MgO间隙内的局域态。这决定了温度激活的自旋守恒非弹性隧穿通过链的缺陷,这是负责的一个数量级的下降的隧道磁阻从低到室温。

英文摘要:

We report on spin polarization reduction by incoherent tunneling in realistic single crystal Co2FeAl/MgO/Co50Fe50 magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJ) compared to reference Fe/MgO/Fe. A large density of misfit dislocations in the Heusler based MTJs has been insured by a thick MgO barrier and its 3.8% lattice mismatch with the Co2FeAl electrode. Our analysis implicates a correlated structural-transport approach. The crystallographic coherence, in the real space, is investigated using High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy phase analysis. The electronic transport experiments in variable temperature, fitted with a theoretical extended-Glazman-Matveev model, address different levels of the tunneling mechanisms from direct to multi-center hopping. We demonstrate a double negative impact of dislocations, as extended defects, on the tunneling polarization. Firstly, the breaking of the crystal symmetry destroys the longitudinal and lateral coherence of the propagating Bloch functions. This affects the symmetry filtering efficiency of the Delta_1 states across the (100) MgO barriers and reduces the associated effective tunneling polarization. Secondly, dislocations provide localized states within the MgO gap. This determines temperature activated spin-conserving inelastic tunneling through chains of defects which are responsible for the one order of magnitude drop of the tunnel magnetoresistance from low to room temperature.

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