WO2010119928A1 - 強磁性トンネル接合体とそれを用いた磁気抵抗効果素子並びにスピントロニクスデバイス - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a ferromagnetic tunnel junction having a structure in which a tunnel barrier layer is sandwiched between two ferromagnetic layers, and to a magnetoresistive effect element and a spintronic device using the same.
- GMR giant magnetoresistive
- MTJ ferromagnetic tunnel junction
- MRAM non-volatile random access magnetic memory
- GMR there are known a CIP-GMR of a type in which a current flows in the film surface and a CPP-GMR of a type in which a current flows in a direction perpendicular to the film surface.
- the principle of GMR is mainly spin-dependent scattering at the interface between the magnetic layer and the nonmagnetic layer, but also contributes to spin-dependent scattering (bulk scattering) in the magnetic material.
- CPP-GMR expected to contribute to bulk scattering is larger than CIP-GMR.
- Such a GMR element employs a spin valve type in which an antiferromagnetic layer is brought close to one of the ferromagnetic layers and the spin of the ferromagnetic layer is fixed.
- the MTJ element has a so-called tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) effect in which the magnitudes of tunnel currents in the direction perpendicular to the film surface differ from each other by controlling the magnetizations of the two ferromagnetic layers in parallel or antiparallel to each other by an external magnetic field. Obtained at room temperature.
- TMR ratio in this tunnel junction depends on the spin polarizability P at the interface between the ferromagnet and the insulator to be used. If the spin polarizabilities of the two ferromagnets are P 1 and P 2 , respectively, It is known to be given in
- the spin polarizability P of the ferromagnetic material takes a value of 0 ⁇ P ⁇ 1.
- AlOx Al oxide film
- (001) -oriented MgO film are used as barriers.
- Al metal is formed by sputtering or the like and then oxidized by a method such as plasma oxidation, and the structure is amorphous (Non-patent Document 1).
- MgO barrier a MgO target is directly sputtered, or an MgO shot is deposited using an electron beam.
- the MTJ element is currently put into practical use for a hard disk magnetic head and a nonvolatile random access magnetic memory MRAM.
- MRAM magnetic random access magnetic memory
- MTJ elements are arranged in a matrix, and a magnetic field is applied by applying a current to a separately provided wiring, thereby controlling the two magnetic layers constituting each MTJ element in parallel and antiparallel to each other. Record 0. Reading is performed using the TMR effect.
- MTJ elements with low resistance are required for high-speed operation.
- so-called spin injection magnetization reversal in which the magnetization of an MTJ element is reversed by injection of a spin-polarized current, has become important, and an MTJ element having a low resistance is required.
- the technique of spin injection into a semiconductor through a barrier is also gaining importance in the field of spin MOSFETs and spin transistors. In these fields as well, a barrier having a low resistance is necessary to obtain a large on-current.
- the AlOx amorphous barrier has a high junction resistance, a large interface roughness between the ferromagnetic layer and the barrier layer, a large variation in characteristics, and a generally small TMR. Barriers are not suitable for the above spintronic devices.
- the tunneling transmittance of ⁇ 1 band electrons is larger than that of a ferromagnetic layer material having a bcc crystal structure such as Fe or FeCo because of its electronic structure. Therefore, it is known that the tunnel resistance is small and the TMR is greatly enhanced by the coherent tunnel effect (Non-patent Document 2).
- the Co-based full Heusler alloy is an intermetallic compound having a Co 2 YZ type composition, and is generally known to be a half metal in the L2 1 structure or the B2 structure.
- Such a compound requires heating to obtain a regular structure, and in order to obtain a B2 structure, the substrate is usually heated to 300 ° C. or higher, or heat-treated at a temperature of 400 ° C. or higher after film formation at room temperature. It is necessary to. Further, in order to obtain the L2 1 structure, a higher temperature is required.
- an MTJ using a Co-based full Heusler alloy is manufactured on a MgO (001) single crystal substrate using Cr or MgO as a buffer layer and using MgO or amorphous AlOx as a barrier.
- Patent Document 1 Co 2 FeAl x Si 1-x (0 ⁇ x ⁇ 1) half-metal Heusler alloy with a controlled Fermi level
- Patent Document 3 reported a large TMR at room temperature
- Non-Patent Document 4 When a Co-based full Heusler alloy is used as the ferromagnetic layer material, the lattice mismatch with MgO is large, and many defects such as dislocations occur in the MgO barrier, so that a high-quality tunnel junction cannot be obtained. In particular, the structure of the Co-based full Heusler alloy on the MgO barrier tends to be an irregular structure, and a giant TMR expected from a half metal has not been observed yet.
- the momentum in the direction perpendicular to the film surface is not preserved due to the generation of an irregular structure at the interface, and the enhancement of TMR due to the coherent tunnel effect as pointed out in the theory is not necessarily observed.
- the AlOx barrier amorphous structure, Co based full-Heusler alloy formed thereon is unlikely becomes B2 or L2 1, has a problem that usually difficult to obtain large TMR for half metal resistance becomes A2 structure is lost .
- the Co-based Heusler alloy layer interface is oxidized during the formation of the AlOx barrier.
- the TMR value is halved from the value of the zero bias voltage by applying a bias voltage of about 500 mV.
- the large bias voltage dependence of the TMR value is mainly due to lattice defects and interface roughness between the ferromagnetic layer and the barrier layer, and the conventional amorphous AlOx barrier and MgO with large lattice misfit are extremely improved. Have difficulty.
- the present invention has an object to achieve a high TMR value that has not been achieved by using a tunnel barrier layer other than an MgO barrier, and to reduce the bias voltage dependency of the TMR value. .
- the present inventor produces an MgAl 2 O 4 spinel structure by crystallizing the oxide film when an oxide film in which Mg is alloyed with Al is produced. I found.
- the resistance of the tunnel junction is reduced by an order of magnitude or more compared to the case of the amorphous AlOx barrier, and a larger TMR can be obtained.
- the present inventors have found that an epitaxial tunnel junction with fewer defects than a barrier and good lattice matching can be obtained, and the present inventor has reached the present invention based on this fact.
- the ferromagnetic tunnel junction of the invention 1 is characterized in that the tunnel barrier layer is made of a nonmagnetic material having a spinel structure.
- Invention 2 is characterized in that, in the ferromagnetic tunnel junction of Invention 1, the non-magnetic substance is substantially MgAl 2 O 4 .
- the term “substantially” means that a spinel structure may be used even if it includes some compositional deviation, oxygen deficiency, and oxygen excess.
- Invention 3 is characterized in that in the ferromagnetic tunnel junction of Invention 1 or 2, at least one of the ferromagnetic layers is made of a Co-based full Heusler alloy having an L2 1 or B2 structure.
- Invention 4 is the ferromagnetic tunnel junction of Invention 3, wherein the Co-based full Heusler alloy is made of Co 2 FeAl x Si 1-x (0 ⁇ x ⁇ 1).
- the magnetoresistive effect element of the invention 5 is characterized in that the ferromagnetic tunnel junction is the ferromagnetic tunnel junction of any of the inventions 1 to 4.
- the spintronic device of the invention 6 is characterized in that the ferromagnetic tunnel junction used in the device is the ferromagnetic tunnel junction of any of the inventions 1 to 4.
- the resistance is considerably smaller than when an amorphous AlOx barrier is used, and a larger TMR is obtained. Also, higher quality tunnel barriers and tunnel junctions can be obtained by sputtering than when MgO barriers are used. Furthermore, the TMR value can be kept higher even when a bias voltage is applied.
- this tunnel junction can be applied to HDD magnetic heads and MRAMs, spin resonance tunnel devices composed of ferromagnetic double tunnel junctions, and spin logics such as spin MOSFETs that require efficient spin injection into semiconductors. It can be used for many spintronic devices that require bias voltage application, such as devices.
- a magnetic layer is stacked on a Si substrate via a tunnel barrier when applied to a spin MOSFET, the use of a non-magnetic substance having a spinel structure such as MgAl 2 O 4 of the present invention as a barrier causes less lattice distortion.
- the magnetic layer can be grown, and as a result, spin injection from the magnetic layer to Si can be efficiently performed.
- Co 2 FeAl 0.5 Si 0.5 (CFAS ) Heusler electrode analysis result by cross-sectional TEM image of a tunnel junction with having a tunnel barrier of the present invention.
- A Cross-sectional TEM image.
- B The nanobeam diffraction image and arrow in the barrier layer indicate that the structure is unique to spinel.
- C Al map image by electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS),
- d Co map image.
- TMR tunnel magnetoresistive
- the bias voltage dependence of the differential conductance (dI / dV) of the tunnel junction element using the CFAS Heusler electrode which has a tunnel barrier of this invention The figure explaining the spin dependence tunnel in the negative bias area
- A TMR curve 15 K and RT.
- B Bias voltage dependence of the TMR ratio at room temperature. Standardized by TMR at zero bias voltage.
- the present inventors can obtain a MgAl 2 O 4 spinel structure by laminating a thin Mg film and an Al film on the lower magnetic layer using a magnetron sputtering apparatus and performing plasma oxidation treatment under appropriate conditions. It was also found that an MgAl 2 O 4 spinel structure can be obtained by first sputtering a MgAl 2 alloy and performing plasma oxidation. Furthermore, it has been found that an MTJ in which the lower magnetic layer, the MgAl 2 O 4 spinel barrier layer and the upper magnetic layer are epitaxially grown can be produced by selecting a ferromagnetic layer material.
- the constituent material of the barrier layer having the spinel structure may be a non-magnetic substance having a spinel structure, and besides MgAl 2 O 4 , ZnAl 2 O 4 , MgCr 2 O 4 , MgMn 2 O 4, CuCr 2 O 4 , NiCr 2 O 4, GeMg 2 O 4, SnMg 2 O 4, TiMg 2 O 4, SiMg 2 O 4, CuAl 2 O 4, Li 0.5 Al 2.5 O 4, ⁇ -Al 2 O 3 (cubic alumina) or the like can be used.
- any substance having a good lattice matching with the barrier layer is suitable for the purpose of the present invention.
- the lattice misfit is 10% or less, preferably 5% or less, more preferably 3% or less.
- MgAl 2 O 4 is used as a barrier layer, a Co-based full Heusler alloy or bcc CoFe alloys and the like can be used.
- Any substrate can be used as long as it can produce a (001) -oriented epitaxial tunnel junction.
- MgO, spinel MgAl 2 O 4 single crystal, Si or GaAs is preferably used.
- a buffer layer made of nonmagnetic spinel, Cr or MgO is formed as necessary.
- thermally oxidized Si can be used as the substrate.
- a (001) -oriented MgO film is grown by sputtering an MgO target under film-forming conditions in which the Ar gas pressure, sputtering power, etc. are controlled. Can be produced.
- a lower magnetic layer, a barrier layer, and an upper magnetic layer are sequentially formed thereon, for example, as follows.
- a full Heusler alloy for example, a Co 2 FeAl 0.5 Si 0.5 (hereinafter, CFAS) thin film, which becomes the lower magnetic layer, is prepared.
- CFAS Co 2 FeAl 0.5 Si 0.5
- an L2 1 structure can be obtained in a temperature range of 540 to 600 ° C when B2 is below 500 ° C.
- an MgAl 2 O 4 oxide film is employed as a barrier layer on the lower magnetic layer (CFAS film)
- CFAS film lower magnetic layer
- a thin Mg film and an Al film are successively formed.
- an MgAl 2 target may be prepared and formed by sputtering. Thereafter, oxygen is introduced and plasma oxidation is performed to produce an MgAl 2 O 4 oxide film having a spinel structure to form a barrier layer.
- the amount of oxygen is not necessarily in the stoichiometric composition, oxygen deficiency or excess may be present, and Mg and Al may not necessarily have a 1: 2 relationship. That's fine.
- a Co 75 Fe 25 alloy (hereinafter referred to as a CoFe alloy) is sputtered on the tunnel barrier layer to obtain a (001) -oriented CoFe alloy film as the upper magnetic layer.
- a normal thin film forming method such as a vapor deposition method, a laser ablation method, or an MBE method can be used in addition to the sputtering method.
- a Cr (40 nm) / Co 2 FeAl 0.5 Si 0.5 (80 nm) laminated film was produced using a Cr film as a buffer layer on an MgO (001) substrate.
- heat treatment was performed at a temperature of 430 ° C. for 1 hour.
- X-ray diffraction revealed that CFAS in this state has a B2 structure.
- Mg and Al targets were sputtered to produce a Mg (0.7 nm) / Al (1.3 nm) laminated film, which was moved to the oxidation chamber.
- Ar and oxygen were introduced and inductively coupled plasma oxidation (ICP) treatment was performed to produce an Mg—Al oxide film.
- ICP inductively coupled plasma oxidation
- the above laminated film was moved again to the film forming chamber, and subsequently a CoFe (3 nm) / IrMn (12 nm) / Ru (7 nm) laminated film was produced at room temperature to produce a spin valve type tunnel junction.
- the numbers in parentheses are the respective film thicknesses.
- the Mg—Al oxide film is a tunnel barrier layer, and CoFe is an upper magnetic layer.
- IrMn is an antiferromagnetic material and plays a role of fixing the spin of CoFe.
- Ru is a protective film and also serves as a mask in microfabrication.
- the entire laminated film was heat-treated at a temperature of 250 ° C. while applying a magnetic field of 5 kOe to impart unidirectional anisotropy to the upper magnetic CoFe layer. Thereafter, the laminated film was finely processed to a size of 10 ⁇ m ⁇ 10 ⁇ m using photolithography and ion milling. An external magnetic field was applied to this element, and the temperature change of the magnetoresistance was measured.
- FIG. 1 shows the result of observing the cross-sectional structure of the laminated film using a transmission electron microscope.
- FIG. 1A shows that the tunnel barrier is a crystal layer.
- the structure of the barrier layer was examined by electron beam diffraction, it was found that it was a spinel structure, and it was found that this barrier was substantially composed of MgAl 2 O 4 (FIG. 1B). Further, observation by electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) was performed for the region of FIG. From the Al map image of FIG. 1 (c) and (d) Co map image, it was found that Al was contained in the tunnel barrier and a homogeneous layer was formed. On the other hand, it was also found that the lower CFAS layer has a B2 structure in accordance with the result of X-ray diffraction.
- EELS electron energy loss spectroscopy
- FIG. 2 shows the measurement results of magnetoresistance at 7K, 26K and room temperature (RT).
- RT room temperature
- 162% TMR is calculated from the formula (1) using the well-known CoFe alloy spin polarizability of 0.5, and corresponds to 91% as the spin polarizability of CFAS.
- CFAS is substantially half-metal. It shows that there is.
- TMR of 102% corresponds to a spin polarizability of 75%, which is the highest spin polarizability at room temperature so far.
- TMR value seems to be a result of obtaining an epitaxial tunnel junction having a crystalline barrier and good lattice matching.
- the lattice constant of MgAl 2 O 4 is 0.808 nm, and epitaxial growth is performed in the film plane with the relationship CFAS [100] // MgAl 2 O 4 [110].
- the lattice misfit between CFAS and MgAl 2 O 4 at this time is as very small as 0.7%.
- Example 2 Using the same method as in Example 1 except that the upper magnetic layer is CFAS instead of CoFe alloy, Cr (40 nm) / CFAS (80 nm) / MgAl 2 O 4 / CFAS (5 nm) / CoFe A tunnel junction element composed of (3 nm) / IrMn (12 nm) / Ru (7 nm) was produced.
- CFAS is epitaxially grown with a B2 structure on the MgAl 2 O 4 barrier, and CFAS in that case has a higher spin polarizability than CoFe.
- Example 2 Using the same method as in Example 1 except that the lower magnetic layer is a CoFe alloy, Cr (40 nm) / CoFe (80 nm) / MgAl 2 O 4 / CFAS (5 nm) / CoFe (3 nm) A tunnel junction element composed of / IrMn (12 nm) / Ru (7 nm) was produced.
- Example 2 Cr (40 nm) / Co 2 MnSi (80 nm) / MgAl 2 O was used in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the lower magnetic layer was a Co-based full-Heusler alloy Co 2 MnSi instead of the CFAS alloy. 4 / CoFe (3 nm) / IrMn (12 nm) / Ru (7 nm). Co 2 MnSi has also been shown to be a half-metal (Non-Patent Document 5, Y. Sakuraba et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 192508 (2006).) And a lattice error with MgAl 2 O 4 The fit is as small as 1.3%.
- an MTJ element having a magnetic layer Fe layer was fabricated.
- a Cr (40 nm) film was formed on an MgO (001) substrate as a buffer layer, and then heat treated at a temperature of 700 ° C. for 1 hour in order to achieve high flatness.
- an Fe (30 nm) layer was produced.
- heat treatment was performed at a temperature of 300 ° C. for 15 minutes.
- Mg and an Al target were sputtered to produce a Mg (0.91 nm) / Al (1.16 nm) laminated film, and then a Mg—Al oxide film was produced in the same manner as in Example 1.
- the Mg and Al film thicknesses were determined so that the stoichiometric composition of MgAl 2 O 4 was realized after oxidation. Subsequently, heat treatment was performed at a temperature of 500 ° C. for 15 minutes in order to improve the film quality and crystallinity of the Mg—Al oxide film. Subsequently, after forming an Fe (5 nm) layer, it was heat-treated at a temperature of 300 ° C. for 15 minutes. Further, an IrMn (12 nm) / Ru (7 nm) laminated film was produced at room temperature to produce a spin valve type tunnel junction. The numbers in parentheses are the respective film thicknesses. Next, the whole laminated film was heat-treated at a temperature of 200 ° C.
- the laminated film was finely processed to a size of 10 ⁇ m ⁇ 10 ⁇ m using photolithography and ion milling. An external magnetic field was applied to this element, and the magnetoresistance was measured.
- the epitaxial tunnel junction had a good lattice matching and had an MgAl 2 O 4 barrier having a spinel structure. Also, by using X-ray structural analysis, it is shown that the lattice misfit of Fe [110] and MgAl 2 O 4 [100] in the film surface is actually very small from 0.7% to 1.0%. It was.
- TMR was 165% at 15K and 117% at room temperature, achieving very high values that cannot be achieved with an amorphous AlOx barrier (FIG. 5 (a)).
- the bias voltage dependence of TMR was measured at room temperature. The result is shown in FIG.
- the positive bias corresponds to the tunneling of electrons from the upper magnetic layer Fe to the upper magnetic layer Fe.
- the bias voltage (V half ) at which TMR is halved was extremely large, ie, +1,000 mV in the positive bias direction and -1,300 to -1,400 mV in the negative bias direction.
- a typical V half value of an MTJ element having an MgO barrier is about 400 mV to 750 mV (Non-Patent Document 6: S. Yuasa et al., Nature Mater. 3, 868 (2004).), And MgAl 2 O By using four barriers, the V half value can be improved by a factor of about two.
- the bias voltage dependence of the above high TMR and good TMR is as follows: (1) the spinel structure is stabilized by adjusting the Mg: Al composition; and (2) the heat treatment process during the multilayer film fabrication This suggests that an ideal state in which the interface between the magnetic layer Fe layer and the barrier layer is extremely high in quality and has few defects is realized.
- JP-A-2009-54724 discloses a laminate having a Heusler alloy, a spin MOS field effect transistor and a tunnel magnetoresistive effect element using this laminate as spintronic devices.
- each of the above embodiments is replaced by substituting the tunnel magnetoresistive element formed on the semiconductor substrate / (001) oriented MgO layer with the first to fifth embodiments.
- the characteristics shown in the examples could be expressed in the device.
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ここで強磁性体のスピン分極率Pは0 < P ≦ 1の値をとる。従来,バリアとしてアモルファス構造のAl酸化膜(AlOx)および(001)面配向したMgO膜が用いられている。前者の場合,Al金属をスパッタ法などで成膜し,その後プラズマ酸化などの方法で酸化して作製され,その構造はアモルファスであることがよく知られている(非特許文献1)。一方,MgOバリアはMgOターゲットを直接スパッタするか,あるいは電子ビームを用いてMgOショットを蒸着する方法などが用いられている。
このような背景の下,従来のAlOxアモルファスバリアでは,接合抵抗が高すぎること,強磁性層とバリア層との界面ラフネスが大きく特性のバラつきが大きいこと,TMRが一般に小さいことなどから,AlOxアモルファスバリアは上記スピントロニクスデバイスには適さない。一方,結晶性のMgOバリアを用いたエピタキシャルトンネル接合の場合,その電子構造の特質から,FeやFeCoなどのbcc結晶構造をもつ強磁性層材料に対してΔ1バンド電子のトンネル透過率が大きく,そのためトンネル抵抗が小さく,またコヒーレントトンネル効果によってTMRが大きくエンハンスすることが知られている(非特許文献2)。
発明4は,Co基フルホイスラー合金がCo2FeAlxSi1-x (0 ≦ x ≦1)からなることを特徴とする発明3の強磁性トンネル接合体である。
発明5の磁気抵抗効果素子は,その強磁性トンネル接合が発明1~4のいずれかの強磁性トンネル接合体であることを特徴とする。
発明6のスピントロニクスデバイスは,そのデバイスに用いられる強磁性トンネル接合が発明1~4のいずれかの強磁性トンネル接合体であることを特徴とする。
前記のとおり,本発明者らはマグネトロンスパッタ装置を用いて下部磁性層の上に薄いMg膜とAl膜を積層し適当な条件でプラズマ酸化処理を施すと,MgAl2O4スピネル構造が得られることを見出し,また,最初にMgAl2合金をスパッタしプラズマ酸化をすることで,MgAl2O4スピネル構造が得られることも見出した。さらに,強磁性層材料を選定することで下部磁性層,MgAl2O4スピネルバリア層および上部磁性層がエピタキシャル成長したMTJを作製することができることを見出した。この知見に基づく本発明においては,スピネル構造を持つバリア層の構成物質としては,スピネル構造の非磁性物質であればよく,MgAl2O4の他,ZnAl2O4,MgCr2O4,MgMn2O4,CuCr2O4,NiCr2O4,GeMg2O4,SnMg2O4,TiMg2O4,SiMg2O4,CuAl2O4,Li0.5Al2.5O4,γ-Al2O3(立方晶アルミナ)などを用いることができる。
次に5 kOeの磁場を印加しながら250 °Cの温度で積層膜全体を熱処理し,上部磁性CoFe層に一方向性の異方性を付与した。その後上記積層膜をフォトリソグラフィとイオンミリングを用いて10 μm×10 μmのサイズに微細加工した。この素子について外部磁場を印加し,磁気抵抗の温度変化を測定した。
次に,この素子およびCoFe/MgAl2O4/CoFe MTJのTMRの温度変化を測定した。(1)式を用いてTMRから得られたスピン分極率Pはスピン波理論を用いてP = P(0) (1 - αT3/2)で非常によく記述することができた。P(0)は絶対零度におけるスピン分極率である。低温から室温まで一つのαパラメータを用いて完全に実験結果をフィッテイングできたことは,MgAl2O4バリアを用いた本MTJ素子では,TMRのコヒーレントトンネルによるエンハンスが見られないことを示唆している。尚,αの値はCFASおよびCoFeに対して2×10-5および3.2×10-5である。α値が小さいほど室温でのTMRは改善される。
その後上記積層膜をフォトリソグラフィとイオンミリングを用いて10 μm × 10 μmのサイズに微細加工した。この素子について外部磁場を印加し,磁気抵抗を測定した。
なお、トンネルバリアにMgを含まないスピネル類似構造γ-Al2O3を用いたことを除いて上記と同様の方法を用いて,Cr(40 nm)/ Fe(30 nm)/Al2O3/Fe(5 nm)/IrMn(12 nm)/Ru(7 nm)からなるトンネル接合素子を作製したところ、Al2O3層は従来のアモルファスとは異なり単結晶γ-Al2O3として得られている。γ-Al2O3の格子定数は0.791 nmであり,Feと格子整合性がよい(格子不整合2.3%)。一方で,接合抵抗はRA = 4×103 Ωμm2と3桁低減された。
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- トンネルバリア層を二つの強磁性層で挟んだ構造からなる強磁性トンネル接合であって,前記トンネルバリア層がスピネル構造を有する非磁性物質からなることを特徴とする強磁性トンネル接合体。
- 前記非磁性物質がMgAl2O4であることを特徴とする請求項1記載の強磁性トンネル接合体。
- 強磁性層の少なくとも一つがL21またはB2構造をもつCo基フルホイスラー合金からなることを特徴とする請求項1又はおよび2記載の強磁性トンネル接合体。
- Co基フルホイスラー合金がCo2FeAlxSi1-x (0 ≦ x ≦1)からなることを特徴とする請求項3記載の強磁性トンネル接合。
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トンネルバリア層を二つの強磁性層で挟んだ構造からなる強磁性トンネル接合を用いた磁気抵抗効果素子であって,前記強磁性トンネル接合が請求項1から4のいずれかに記載の強磁性トンネル接合体であることを特徴とする磁気抵抗効果素子。 - トンネルバリア層を二つの強磁性層で挟んだ構造からなる強磁性トンネル接合を用いたスピントロニクスデバイスであって,前記強磁性トンネル接合が請求項1から5のいずれかに記載の強磁性トンネル接合体であることを特徴とするスピントロニクスデバイス。
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