Current-driven switching of exchange biased spin-valve giant magnetoresistive nanopillars using a conducting nanoprobe
An array of exchange biased spin-valve giant-magnetoresistance nanopillars was fabricated and the current I dependence of the resistance R was investigated using an electrically conducting atomic-force microscope (AFM) probe contact at room temperature. We observed current induced switching in a MnIr/CoFe/Cu/CoFe/NiFe nanopillar using the AFM probe contact. Current-driven switching using nanoprobe contact is a powerful method for developing nonvolatile and rewritable magnetic memory with high density.
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Hayakawa, J., Ito, K., Fujimori, M., Heike, S., Hashizume, T., Steen, J., Brugger, J., & Ohno, H. (2004). Current-driven switching of exchange biased spin-valve giant magnetoresistive nanopillars using a conducting nanoprobe. Journal of Applied Physics, 96(6), 3440–3442. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1769605
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