| Issue |
Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys.
Volume 43, Number 3, September 2008
Topical Issue ITFPC (Innovations on Thin Films Processing and Characterisation)
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| Page(s) | 357 - 361 | |
| Section | Micro and Nanosystems | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap:2008100 | |
| Published online | 19 June 2008 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap:2008100
Influence of interfacial oxygen on single-crystal magnetic tunnel junctions
Laboratoire de Physique des Matériaux, BP 239, 54506 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
Corresponding author: frederic.bonell@lpm.u.nancy.fr
Received:
15
January
2008
Accepted:
21
April
2008
Published online:
19
June
2008
The influence of adsorbed oxygen at the first interface of single-crystal Fe(001)/MgO(001)/Fe(001) magnetic tunnel junctions is investigated. Firstly, the adsorption kinetics of O2 on the Fe(001) surface is studied in the monolayer regime by X-ray photoelectrons spectroscopy and scanning tunnelling microscopy experiments. We show that different species exist at the oxidized surface. The tunnel magneto-resistance of oxygen-doped magnetic tunnel junctions is found to decrease but remains large even for oxygen coverages exceeding one monolayer.
PACS: 85.75.-d – Magnetoelectronics; spintronics: devices exploiting spin polarized transport or integrated magnetic fields / 68.37.Ef – Scanning tunneling microscopy / 68.43.-h – Chemisorption/physisorption: adsorbates on surfaces
© EDP Sciences, 2008
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