Session Z32: Focus Session: Magnetoresistance and Spin-dependent Transport
11:15 AM–1:51 PM, Friday, March 20, 2009
Room: 336
Sponsoring Units:
GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Kiran Thadani, Cornell University
Abstract ID: BAPS.2009.MAR.Z32.1
Abstract: Z32.00001 : Nitrogen doping in single-crystal MgO magnetic tunnel junctions.
11:15 AM–11:27 AM
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Authors:
Justin Brockman
(IBM / Stanford)
Cheng-han Yang
(IBM / Stanford)
Mahesh Samant
(IBM)
Kevin Roche
(IBM)
Stuart Parkin
(IBM)
Recent experiments have shown evidence for induced ferromagnetism in thin films of carbon and nitrogen-doped zinc oxide. We have discovered similar behavior in nitrogen-doped MgO films grown by plasma-assisted thermal evaporation. Here, we incorporate these films as tunneling barriers into single-crystal multilayer magnetic tunnel junctions and present experimental results showing the magnetoresistance and current-voltage characteristics for these structures.
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