Interface-Dependent Spin-Reorientation Energy Barrier in Fe/MgO(001) Thin Film

  • Choi, Heechae
  • Lee, Eung-Kwan
  • Cho, Sung Beom
  • Yoo, Dong Su
  • Chung, Yong-Chae
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Using the density-functional-theory-based atomic modeling, the stable interface structure and the resultant magnetocrystalline anisotropy (MCA) of the Fe/MgO(001) for magnetic random access memory have been studied. The most stable surface structure of Fe/MgO(001) thin-film system was found to be either defect free or possessing oxygen vacancies in a c(2 x 1) periodicity. The formation of the oxygen vacancies in c(2 x 1) periodicity on MgO(001) surface reduced the MCA of Fe layer from 1.38 to 0.31 meV/atom. The reduced MCA is originated from the filling of the minority states of the Fe orbital below Fermi level.

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Density functional theoryFe/MgO(001)interface structureperpendicular magnetic anisotropyROOM-TEMPERATUREMAGNETORESISTANCE
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Interface-Dependent Spin-Reorientation Energy Barrier in Fe/MgO(001) Thin Film
저자
Choi, HeechaeLee, Eung-KwanCho, Sung BeomYoo, Dong SuChung, Yong-Chae
DOI
10.1109/LED.2011.2160148
발행일
2011-09
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Article
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IEEE Electron Device Letters
32
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