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次微米幾何微結構圖形在磁場與電流驅動下磁化翻轉行為之研究

Study on field- and current-driven magnetization reversal behavior of submicron-sized patterned structure with different geometry

指導教授 : 黃金花 姚永德

摘要


本論文以電子束微影及直流磁控濺鍍方式製作附有菱形、正方形、圓盤形、環形與針形等五種reservoir的樣品,線寬變化的半圓環形樣品,及具膜厚變化的自旋閥樣品,和深度改變的溝渠次微米鎳鐵線,然後利用這些不同形狀、線寬、深度的圖案化磁性樣品,搭配巨磁阻自旋閥或鎳鐵薄膜,討論其翻轉磁場、電流與磁區結構之間的關係,並藉由磁場的改變或由極化電流的注入,來觀察樣品電性與磁性的變化,並且搭配數值模擬軟體(OOMMF),了解樣品的磁區結構在外加磁場中的翻轉行為。 由不同reservoir在其連接處會產生不同的夾角角度,我們觀察到翻轉場(switching field)隨著reservoir與連接處角度增加而降低,此實驗數據與模擬結果一致,由上述樣品的研究,我們發現樣品的磁區壁(domain wall, DW)形態均為渦旋態(vortex DW)。在深度變化的溝渠次微米鎳鐵線中,溝渠深度會影響翻轉場的大小,利用磁力顯微鏡的即時場掃描與電性量測結果作比較,在電性與磁力顯微鏡相位分析結果裡,隨著溝渠深度的增加,其翻轉場大小也隨著增加。在不同線寬的半圓環形樣品中,因線寬不同在轉折處不連續區容易有磁區或磁區壁的產生,磁區壁在轉折處會有不同的釘扎力(pinning force),即是翻轉場的不同;又半圓環翻轉場隨其線寬增加而降低,在電流驅動下,翻轉鎳鐵層(Py)與鈷層(Co)的電流密度分別為3×107 A/cm2與2×108 A/cm2。在變化膜層厚度的自旋閥樣品實驗中,我們固定磁性自由層厚度,改變磁性固定層的厚度,觀察自旋極化與厚度的影響,藉由磁場的改變或是由極化電流的注入,來研究樣品磁性與電性的關係,隨著磁性固定層厚度的增加,磁阻變化(MR ratio)最大值出現於厚度21nm處,而其臨界翻轉電流(Ic)呈現一個最小值,由分析結果得到了最大效率(磁阻)與最小耗損(臨界電流)的關係,並發現磁阻變化率與臨界電流密度(Jc)的乘積接近4.5±0.5×107 A/cm2。

並列摘要


Magnetic patterns with different shape and structure were fabricated by e-beam lithography and lift-off techniques to investigate their special properties. It includes four parts of experiments: 1. Switching field and the contact angle dependence in giant magnetoresistance (GMR) spin-valve wires with five different shaped reservoirs. 2. The depth of the trench and switching field dependence in the permalloy (Py) wires. 3. Numbers of steady-states in half-ring chains spin-valve with various linewidth. 4. The thickness dependence of hard layer in the pseudo spin-valve elements. For the spin-valve wires with different shaped reservoirs, the contact angle of the wires and reservoirs provides different injection of magnetic domain wall. The switching field increases with the decreasing of contact angle. The magnetization reversal processes obtained experimentally were consistent and illustrated by using the micromagnetic simulation program, OOMMF. The dependence between the depth of trench and the switching field in Py wires was observed by using a real-time magnetic force microscopy (MFM) and electrical measurement. The coercive and switching fields were increased with increasing the depth of trenches. The MFM images also clearly illustrated the magnetization reversal and magnetic domain structure in the different trench samples. In the half-ring chains spin-valves with different linewidth, domain walls are significantly created at the corners between the two half rings. In the MR measurements, the domain walls at the different linewidth corners provide the difference of the switching field due to different pinning force. Numbers of steady states were obtained and attributed to the different switching fields. The experiment of current induce magnetization reversal was also observed in the samples. The critical current densities at zero magnetic field were 3×107 A/cm2 on Py and 2×108A/cm2 on Co samples, respectively. Furthermore, in the current perpendicular to plane (CPP) GMR spin valves, the thickness of the soft layer was fixed and the hard layer was varied. The MR ratio versus the thickness of hard layer shows nonmonotonic dependence. The maximum valve of MR ratio was acquired when the thickness of hard layer was around 21 nm. From the current induce magnetization reversal study, the lowest critical current was acquired around the same thickness, 21 nm, of the hard layer, which was close to the spin diffusion length. Finally, we obtained experimentally the result of maximum efficiency (MR ratio) and minimum consumption (critical current) in a spintronic device. The product of MR ratio and critical current density is a constant, ~ 4.5±0.5×107 A/cm2.

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