Fe/Al2O3/Fe隧道结特性分析

用离子束溅射方法制备磁性隧道结(MTJ). 研究MTJ样品的隧道结磁电阻(TMR)效应.用X射线 光电子能谱分析了MTJ的软、硬磁层和非磁层及其界面的化学组成与微结构.研究了MTJ的微 结构对氧化铝势垒高度与有效宽度和TMR效应的影响. 关键词： 磁性隧道结 X射线光电子能谱 隧道结磁电阻     

隧穿磁电阻效应磁场传感器中低频噪声的测量与研究

基于隧穿磁电阻效应(TMR)的磁场传感器具有很高的磁场灵敏度, 但同时噪声也较大,有效抑制TMR磁场传感器的噪声, 尤其是低频噪声的抑制对于其在高灵敏度要求场合的应用具有重要的意义. 本文采用高精度数据采集卡搭建了噪声测量系统, 测量了全桥结构TMR磁场传感器的噪声频谱图, 发现TMR传感器的噪声在低频段表现为1/f特性, 同时噪声功率谱密度与工作电流平方成正比关系; 低频噪声在自由层翻转区间内噪声急剧增大, 证明了1/f噪声主要来源于磁噪声, 这一结果为TMR磁场传感器的噪声特性优化指明了方向.     

隧穿磁阻传感器研究进展

传感器作为物联网技术的基石,在人们的生产生活中发挥着重大作用.其中,基于隧穿磁阻效应(tunneling magnetoresistance, TMR)的磁传感器具有灵敏度高、尺寸小、功耗低等优点,在导航定位、生物医学、电流检测和无损检测等领域具有极大的应用前景.本综述以TMR传感器技术路线的发展为核心,囊括了从基本传感单元到三维空间磁场检测,再到实际应用的多个研究重点.首先,介绍了TMR传感器发展历程并阐明其基本工作原理,讨论了提高单个传感单元磁隧道结输出线性度的方法.接下来,详细介绍了传感器的重要电路结构—惠斯通电桥,以及制备TMR全桥结构的多种工艺方法.进一步,从三维空间磁场检测这一市场需求入手,深入讨论了基于TMR传感器的三维传感结构的设计和制备方法.同时,以传感器灵敏度和噪声水平这两大基本性能为切入点,列举了TMR传感器性能的优化方案.最后,本文对TMR传感器的应用展开了详细介绍,以自旋麦克风,生物传感器两个新兴应用为例,对TMR传感器未来在物联网中的发展和应用进行了展望.     

基于工艺偏差的自旋转移矩辅助压控磁各向异性磁隧道结电学模型及其应用研究

自旋转移矩辅助电压调控磁各向异性磁隧道结(STT辅助VCMA-MTJ)作为非易失性全加器(NV-FA)中的核心部件,具有切换速度快、功耗低,稳定性好等优点,将在物联网、人工智能等领域具有良好的发展前景.然而随着磁隧道结(MTJ)尺寸的不断缩小以及芯片集成度的不断提高,工艺偏差对MTJ及NV-FA电路性能的影响将变得越来越显著.本文基于STT辅助VCMA-MTJ磁化动力学,在充分考虑薄膜生长工艺偏差以及刻蚀工艺偏差影响的情况下,建立了更为精确的STT辅助VCMA-MTJ电学模型,研究了上述两种工艺偏差对MTJ及NV-FA电路性能的影响.结果表明,当自由层厚度偏差γ_tf≥6%或氧化层厚度偏差γ_tox≥0.7%时,MTJ将无法实现状态切换;当隧穿磁阻率偏差β增大到30%时,读取裕度SM将下降高达17.6%.对于NV-FA电路,通过增大电压V_b1以及写‘0’时增大电压V_b2或写‘1’时减小V_b2,可有效降低非易失性加数写入错误率;通过增大逻辑运算驱动电压V_dd,可...     

双势垒抛物势阱磁性隧道结隧穿磁阻及自旋输运性质的研究

采用相干量子输运理论和传递矩阵的方法,在抛物势阱磁性隧道结(F/PW/F)的铁磁和半导体势阱间插入另一种半导体作为势垒,构造具有双势垒的抛物势阱磁性隧道结作为研究对象,研究了抛物势阱宽度、自旋轨道耦合效应、角度效应及插入势垒厚度对隧穿磁阻及自旋输运性质的影响计算结果表明,通过适当调节Rashba自旋轨道藕合强度和插入势垒的厚度,可以实现隧穿磁阻(TMR)的调制,能获得较大的TMR值,这些特点有助于促进新型磁性隧道结的开发和应用.     

磁电阻/超导复合式磁传感器:原理及发展

弱磁探测在科研、工业生产以及日常生活中已起到越来越重要的作用。近年来,利用超导技术与磁电阻传感器相结合,人们研制成功一种新型的磁电阻材料/超导复合式磁传感器,其探测精度有望达到f T量级,并在弱磁探测领域具有大规模应用的潜力。文章介绍了该类磁传感器的结构及工作原理,并根据磁电阻材料的不同,分别对巨磁电阻(GMR)和由作者所在实验室制备的隧道磁电阻(TMR)/超导复合式磁传感器的发展及应用进行了说明。     

含超导的多层屏蔽体磁屏蔽特性的仿真研究

基于电磁辐射的严重危害性,探索有效的电磁屏蔽方案,已经成为当前国际上迫切需要解决的问题.本文根据高磁导率铁材料和高温超导材料的电磁屏蔽特性,利用Ansoft Maxwell 3D仿真软件,建立高磁导率材料铁空心圆柱体和高温超导材料YBCO空心圆柱体及其组合的屏蔽模型,对一个空心线圈产生的磁场进行被动磁屏蔽.仿真研究了铁屏蔽体和超导屏蔽体厚度和高度对低频磁场磁屏蔽效能的影响.仿真结果表明,YBCO/Fe组合结构的屏蔽体对低频交变磁场的磁屏蔽效能比单层YBCO屏蔽体的屏蔽效能高3倍,YBCO/Fe组合结构的屏蔽体对低频交变磁场的磁屏蔽效能比单层铁屏蔽体的屏蔽效能高1.5倍,最理想磁屏蔽体结构是YBCO/Fe二层组合结构,其具有最高的磁屏蔽效能.综合利用高磁导率材料和高温超导材料等电磁屏蔽材料的特点,选择最优电磁屏蔽方案,进行电磁屏蔽新技术研究,以提高电磁屏蔽效能,对电磁兼容问题的解决具有重要的理论和应用意义.     

MgO单晶势垒磁性隧道结的第一性原理计算和实验研究

在MgO单晶势垒磁性隧道结中发现的室温高隧穿磁电阻现象,是近些年自旋电子学以及磁性隧道结磁电阻材料研究中的又一重大突破.本文主要评述和介绍2001年以来MgO单晶势垒磁性隧道结第一性原理计算和实验上的重要进展,以及介绍利用Layer-KKR第一性原理计算方法研究的Fe(001)/MgO/Fe、Fe(001)/FeO/MgO/Fe、Fe(001)/Mg/MgO/Fe、Fe(001)/Co/MgO/Co/Fe和Fe(001)[MgO/Fe/MgO/Fe等基于单晶MgO(001)单势垒及双势垒磁性隧道结材料的电子结构和自旋相关输运性质研究的最新进展.这些第一性原理定量计算的结果,不仅从物理上增强了对MgO单晶势垒磁性隧道结的电子结构和自旋相关输运特性的了解,而且对于研究新型室温磁电阻隧道结材料及其在自旋电子学器件中的广泛应用,具有一定的参考价值.     

高温超导技术在微磁传感器中的应用与发展

磁传感器在诸多领域有着广泛的应用,而随着高温超导技术的快速发展,将高温超导材料应用于磁信号测量成为超导材料应用的一个重要领域。文章探讨了高温超导材料在微弱磁场测量方面的主要应用,介绍了三种在微弱磁场测量方面能达到或有希望达到f T量级的传感器。其中包括:基于约瑟夫森结效应的超导量子干涉器(SQUID),基于超导零电阻效应的巨磁电阻(GMR)磁传感器和由文章作者所在的实验室提出的巨磁阻抗(GMI)/超导复合磁传感器。文章重点介绍了GMI/超导复合磁传感器,并对此传感器在结构和应用方面的最新进展进行了说明。     

磁随机存储器中垂直电流驱动的磁性隧道结自由层的磁化翻转

在基于磁性隧道结(Magnetic Tunneling Junction，MTJ)的磁随机存储器(Magnetoresistantive Random Access Memory，MRAM)中利用通过MTJ的垂直电流，实现信息写入的新方法，同时给出了基于此新方法的一种新的MRAM结构和驱动原理图，并分析了它的读和写操作的可行性具体过程. 关键词： 垂直电流 磁性隧道结 磁随机存储器     

Oxygen-vacancy-induced diffusive scattering in Fe/MgO/Fe magnetic tunnel junctions

By first principles analysis, we systematically investigate effects of oxygen vacancies (OV) in the MgO barrier of Fe/MgO/Fe magnetic tunnel junctions. The interchannel diffusive scattering by disordered OVs located at or near the Fe/MgO interface drastically reduces the tunnel magnetoresistance ratio (TMR) from the ideal theoretical limit to the presently observed much smaller experimental range. Interior OVs are far less important in influencing TMR, but they significantly increase the junction resistance. Filling OV with nitrogen atoms restores TMR to near the ideal theoretical limit.     

Oxygen-induced symmetrization and structural coherency in Fe/MgO/Fe(001) magnetic tunnel junctions

We present x-ray diffraction experiments and multiple-scattering calculations on the structure and transport properties of a Fe/MgO/Fe(001) magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ). Coherent growth of the top Fe electrode on the MgO spacer is observed only for Fe deposition in ambient oxygen atmosphere leading to a coherent and symmetric MTJ structure characterized by FeO layers at both interfaces. This goes in parallel with calculations indicating large positive tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) values in such symmetric junctions. The results have important implications for achieving giant TMR values.     

Tunneling magnetoresistance on the subnanometer scale

The influence of the finite thickness and structure, amorphous or crystalline, of Fe electrodes on the tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) ratio is investigated by ab initio calculations in Fe/MgO/Fe tunnel junctions. An amorphous Fe layer in direct contact with the MgO barrier causes a low TMR ratio of only 44%. By inserting crystalline Fe monolayers between the barrier and the amorphous Fe the TMR ratio increases rapidly and reaches the same level as for semi-infinite Fe electrodes. Even one crystalline Fe monolayer is sufficient to achieve a giant TMR ratio exceeding 500%. Omitting the amorphous Fe has nearly no influence on the results if there are more than two monolayers of crystalline Fe next to the barrier. The results demonstrate that the reservoirs can even be nonmagnetic. The TMR emerges from the interplay of symmetry selection in the barrier and spin filtering at the electrode-barrier interface.     

Field-and Current-Driven Magnetization Reversal and Dynamic Properties of CoFeB-MgO-Based Perpendicular Magnetic Tunnel Junctions

We report a perpendicular magnetic tunnel junction(p MTJ) cell with a tunnel magnetoresistance(TMR) ratio of nearly 200% at room temperature based on Co Fe B/Ta/Co Fe B as the free layer(FL) and a synthetic antiferromagnetic(SAF) multilayer [Pt/Co]/Ru/[Pt/Co]/Ta/Co Fe B as the reference layer(RL). The field-driven magnetization switching measurements show that the p MTJs exhibit an anomalous TMR hysteresis loop. The spin-polarized layer Co Fe B of SAF-RL has a lower critical switching field than that of FL. The reason is related to the interlayer exchange coupling(IEC) through a moderately thick Ta spacer layer among SAF-RLs, which generates a moderate and negative bias magnetic field on Co Fe B of RL. However, the IEC among RLs has a negligible influence on the current-driven magnetization switching of FL and its magnetization dynamics.     

Effects of Fe-Oxide and Mg Layer Insertion on Tunneling Magnetoresistance Properties of CoFeB/MgO/CoFeB Magnetic Tunnel Junctions

To study the influence of CoFeB/MgO interface on tunneling magnetoresistance(TMR),different structures of magnetic tunnel junctions(MTJs) are successfully prepared by the magnetron sputtering technique and characterized by atomic force microscopy,a physical property measurement system,x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy,and transmission electron microscopy.The experimental results show that TMR of the CoFeB/Mg/MgO/CoFeB structure is evidently improved in comparison with the CoFeB/MgO/CoFeB structure because the inserted Mg layer prevents Fe-oxide formation at the CoFeB/MgO interface,which occurs in CoFeB/MgO/CoFeB MTJs.The inherent properties of the CoFeB/MgO/CoFeB,CoFeB/Fe-oxide/MgO/CoFeB and CoFeB/Mg/MgO/CoFeB MTJs are simulated by using the theories of density functions and non-equilibrium Green functions.The simulated results demonstrate that TMR of CoFeB/Fe-oxide/MgO/CoFeB MTJs is severely decreased and is only half the value of the CoFeB/Mg/MgO/CoFeB MTJs.Based on the experimental results and theoretical analysis,it is believed that in CoFeB/MgO/CoFeB MTJs,the interface oxidation of the CoFeB layer is the main reason to cause a remarkable reduction of TMR,and the inserted Mg layer may play an important role in protecting Fe atoms from oxidation,and then increasing TMR.     

Strong anti-strain capacity of CoFeB/MgO interface on electronic structure and state coupling

Electronic structure and spin-related state coupling at ferromagnetic material(FM)/MgO(FM = Fe, CoFe, CoFeB)interfaces under biaxial strain are evaluated using the first-principles calculations. The CoFeB/MgO interface, which is superior to the Fe/MgO and CoFe/MgO interfaces, can markedly maintain stable and effective coupling channels for majorityspin ?_1 state under large biaxial strain. Bonding interactions between Fe, Co, and B atoms and the electron transfer between Bloch states are responsible for the redistribution of the majority-spin ?_1 state, directly influencing the coupling effect for the strained interfaces. Layer-projected wave function of the majority-spin ?_1 state suggests slower decay rate and more stable transport property in the CoFeB/MgO interface, which is expected to maintain a higher tunneling magnetoresistance(TMR) value under large biaxial strain. This work reveals the internal mechanism for the state coupling at strained FM/MgO interfaces. This study may provide some references to the design and manufacturing of magnetic tunnel junctions with high tunneling magnetoresistance effect.     

多层结构双自旋过滤隧道结中的电子输运特性

在转移矩阵方法及Mireles和Kirczenow的量子相干输运理论的基础上,研究了正常金属层/磁性半导体层/非磁绝缘层/磁性半导体层/正常金属层型双自旋过滤隧道结中Rashba自旋轨道耦合效应和自旋过滤效应对自旋相关输运的影响.讨论了隧穿磁电阻（TMR）、隧穿电导与各材料层厚度、Rashba自旋轨道耦合强度以及两磁性半导体中磁矩的相对夹角θ之间的关系.研究表明：含磁性半导体层的双自旋过滤隧道结由于磁性半导体层的自旋过滤效应和Rashba自旋轨道耦合作用可获得极大的TMR值.另外TMR和隧穿电导随着Rashba自旋轨道耦合强度的变化而振荡,振荡周期随Rashba自旋轨道耦合强度的增大逐渐减小. 关键词： 双自旋过滤隧道结 Rashba自旋轨道耦合 隧穿磁电阻 隧穿电导