Voltage induced magnetic anisotropy change in ultrathin Fe80 Co20 /MgO junctions with Brillouin light scattering

Seung Seok Ha, Nam Hee Kim, Sukmock Lee, Chun Yeol You, Yoichi Shiota, Takuto Maruyama, Takayuki Nozaki, Yoshishige Suzuki

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Abstract

We investigate voltage induced perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) changes in MgO/Cr/Au/ Fe80 Co20 /MgO /polyimide/ indium tin oxide (ITO). In order to observe the PMA change, spin wave frequency was measured by Brillouin light scattering with finite bias voltages applied between Au and ITO electrodes. The obtained PMA constants from spin wave frequency of Fe80 Co20 layer show clear bias voltage dependences, which agree well with the previous polar-Kerr effect measurement results and theoretical study. This study suggests spintronics devices operated by an electric field for next generation devices complying with low-power consumption.

Original languageEnglish
Article number142512
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume96
Issue number14
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010

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This work is supported by Nano R&D (2008-02553) programs through the NSF of Korea and CREST (J091101107) through the JST of Japan.

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