Matthias Gottwald, Jimmy J. Kan, Kangho Lee, Seung H. Kang, Eric E. Fullerton
Exchange coupling between two magnetic layers through an interlayer is of broad interest for numerous recent applications of nano-magnetic systems. In this Letter we study ferromagnetic exchange coupling through amorphous paramagnetic Fe-Ta alloys. We show that the exchange coupling depends exponentially on spacer thickness and scales with the Fe-Ta susceptibility, which can be tuned via the alloy composition and/or temperature. Such materials are of high interest for the engineering of perpendicularly magnetized CoFeB-MgO based tunnel junctions as it enables ferromagnetic coupling of magnetic layers with differing crystalline lattices, suppresses dead layers and can act as an inter-diffusion barrier during annealing.
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http://arxiv.org/abs/1304.2763
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