Fabrication of soft-magnetic FeAlSi thin films with nm-order thickness for the free layer of magnetic tunnel junction based sensors

FeAlSi epitaxial films were fabricated on single crystalline MgO(100) substrates and their structural and magnetic properties were investigated to apply them to the free layer in magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) based sensors. We found that the film composition must be precisely controlled, and the po...

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Main Authors: Shoma Akamatsu, Mikihiko Oogane, Masakiyo Tsunoda, Yasuo Ando
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2020-01-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5129953