Correlation Between Disordered Magnetic Phases in Ferromagnetic/Antiferromagnetic Thin Films and Device-to-Device Variability of Exchange Bias in Spintronic Applications

Kamil Akmaldinov (1) , Lamprini Frangou (1) , Clarisse Ducruet (2) , Céline Portemont (2) , Jeremy Pereira (2) , Isabelle Joumard (1) , Bernard Dieny (1) , Jérémy Alvarez-Hérault (2) , Vincent Baltz (1)

1 SPINTEC - SPINtronique et TEchnologie des Composants
2 CROCUS Technology

Spintronic applications rely on ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic exchange biased bilayers. In this study, we show whether and how disordered magnetic phases, which exhibit low freezing temperatures and are located in the ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic thin film, affect the device-to-device variability of exchange bias in magnetic applications once the film is nanofabricated.

Domains: Physics [physics]

Kamil Akmaldinov, Lamprini Frangou, Clarisse Ducruet, Céline Portemont, Jeremy Pereira, et al.. Correlation Between Disordered Magnetic Phases in Ferromagnetic/Antiferromagnetic Thin Films and Device-to-Device Variability of Exchange Bias in Spintronic Applications. IEEE Magnetics Letters, 2015, 6, pp.3000404. ⟨10.1109/lmag.2015.2452891⟩. ⟨cea-01570114⟩