journal article·2018-05-01Open access

Interface control of domain wall depinning field

Yangqi Huang, Xiang Li, Lezhi Wang, Guoqiang Yu, Kang L. Wang, Weisheng Zhao

AIP Advances· Volume 8· Issue 5

Abstract

We study the impact of Mg insertion layer at the CoFeB|MgO interface on the domain wall depinning field and motion as well as other magnetic properties in a perpendicular magnetized Ta/CoFeB/Mg(wedged)/MgO structure. With the increase of the Mg layer from 0.4 nm to 0.8 nm, the field-induced domain wall moving velocity increases while the depinning field decreases. The minimum depinning field of around 10 Oe for as-grown sample and 7 Oe for annealed sample is found with a 0.8 nm Mg insertion layer, which is 2 times lower than the ones reported before. Further increase of the Mg layer leads to a lower velocity and higher depinning field. Similar phenomena happens to the magnetic properties such as the saturation magnetization and perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. Both for as-grown and annealed samples, the tendency is similar. This may be explained by the oxidation and crystallinity manipulation of the CoFeB|MgO interface. These results show an ultra-low depinning field in the Ta/CoFeB/MgO system as well as a possible way for controlling the depinning field.
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OpenAlex topics: Magnetic properties of thin films · Magnetic Properties and Applications · ZnO doping and properties

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Affiliations

Fert Beijing Institute, BDBC, and School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beihang University 1 , Beijing 100191, People’s Republic of China

Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California 2 , Los Angeles, California 90095, USA

Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences 3 , Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China

Funding

Beijing Municipal of Science and Technology · International Collaboration 111 Project · International Collaboration Project from the Ministry of Science and Technology in China · TANMS · China Scholarship Council · National Natural Science Foundation of China · DOD | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency · SRC | Microelectronics Advanced Research Corporation

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