Double magnetic tunnel junctions with a switchable assistance layer for improved spin transfer torque magnetic memory performance

Bernard Diény (1) , Daniel Sanchez Hazen , Stéphane Auffret , Isabelle Joumard , Laurent Vila , Liliana Buda-Prejbeanu , Ricardo Sousa , Lucian Prejbeanu

1 SPINTEC - SPINtronique et TEchnologie des Composants

This paper reports the first experimental demonstration of a new concept of double magnetic tunnel junctions comprising a magnetically switchable assistance layer.

Domains: Micro and nanotechnologies/Microelectronics; Electronics; Materials; Engineering Sciences [physics]; Materials Science [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]

Bernard Diény, Daniel Sanchez Hazen, Stéphane Auffret, Isabelle Joumard, Laurent Vila, et al.. Double magnetic tunnel junctions with a switchable assistance layer for improved spin transfer torque magnetic memory performance. Nanoscale, 2021, 13 (33), pp.14096-14109. ⟨10.1039/D1NR01656C⟩. ⟨hal-03533813⟩