Temperature dependent interface magnetisation of Heusler compounds in magnetic tunneling junctions

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A large magnetoresistance (TMR) is expected when half metallic ferromagnets are used in magnetic tunneling junctions with polycrystalline AlOx barrier. We have recently observed a TMR of 101% (T = 4K) for a Co2Cr0.6Fe0.4Al/AlOx/CoFe tunneling junction (Jullière spin polarisation of the Heusler electrode 67%). However, the TMR was reduced at 300K to almost half of its low temperature value. Considering the high Curie temperature of 800K of the Heusler compound this strong temperature dependence of the TMR is surprising. Using polarised neutron reflectometry (PNR) experiments we propose to test the theory of a reduced interface magnetisation of the Heusler electrode at elevated temperatures. We will investigate the magnetisation profile of a technologically relevant tunneling junction stack with a highly spin polarized Heusler electrode.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.24079880
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/24079880
Provenance
Creator Dr Timothy Charlton; Professor Sean Langridge
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2013
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2010-04-30T16:02:48Z
Temporal Coverage End 2010-05-03T09:24:40Z