DOI: 10.1063/1.3565162. Deep subnanosecond spin torque switching in magnetic tunnel junctions with combined in-plane and perpendicular polarizers

Deep subnanosecond spin torque switching in magnetic tunnel junctions with combined in-plane and perpendicular polarizers

10.1063/1.3565162

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Abstract

We show that adding a perpendicular polarizer to a conventional spin torque memory element with an in-plane free layer and an in-plane polarizer can significantly increase the write speed and decrease the write energy of the element. We demonstrate the operation of such spin torque memory elements with write energies of 0.4 pJ and write times of 0.12 ns.

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Rowlands, G. E., Rahman, T., Katine, J. A., Langer, J., Lyle, A., Zhao, H., Alzate, J. G., Kovalev, A. A., Tserkovnyak, Y., Zeng, Z. M., Jiang, H. W., Galatsis, K., Huai, Y. M., Amiri, P. K., Wang, K. L., Krivorotov, I. N., & Wang, J.-P. (2011). Deep subnanosecond spin torque switching in magnetic tunnel junctions with combined in-plane and perpendicular polarizers. Applied Physics Letters, 98(10).

Authors 17

G. E. Rowlands (first)
T. Rahman (additional)
J. A. Katine (additional)
J. Langer (additional)
A. Lyle (additional)
H. Zhao (additional)
J. G. Alzate (additional)
A. A. Kovalev (additional)
Y. Tserkovnyak (additional)
Z. M. Zeng (additional)
H. W. Jiang (additional)
K. Galatsis (additional)
Y. M. Huai (additional)
P. Khalili Amiri (additional)
K. L. Wang (additional)
I. N. Krivorotov (additional)
J.-P. Wang (additional)

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Type	When
Created	14 years, 5 months ago (March 10, 2011, 6:26 p.m.)
Deposited	2 years, 2 months ago (June 24, 2023, 10:42 p.m.)
Indexed	1 day, 10 hours ago (Aug. 31, 2025, 6:15 a.m.)
Issued	14 years, 5 months ago (March 7, 2011)
Published	14 years, 5 months ago (March 7, 2011)
Published Online	14 years, 5 months ago (March 10, 2011)
Published Print	14 years, 5 months ago (March 7, 2011)

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BibTeX

@article{Rowlands_2011, title={Deep subnanosecond spin torque switching in magnetic tunnel junctions with combined in-plane and perpendicular polarizers}, volume={98}, ISSN={1077-3118}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3565162}, DOI={10.1063/1.3565162}, number={10}, journal={Applied Physics Letters}, publisher={AIP Publishing}, author={Rowlands, G. E. and Rahman, T. and Katine, J. A. and Langer, J. and Lyle, A. and Zhao, H. and Alzate, J. G. and Kovalev, A. A. and Tserkovnyak, Y. and Zeng, Z. M. and Jiang, H. W. and Galatsis, K. and Huai, Y. M. and Amiri, P. Khalili and Wang, K. L. and Krivorotov, I. N. and Wang, J.-P.}, year={2011}, month=mar }

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