Abstract
A series of hysteresis loops with off-axial external magnetic fields have been measured to identify magnetization reversal properties as well as coupling effects in magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs). MTJ films, consisting of a synthetic artificial antiferromagnetic pinned layer of CoFeB/Ru/CoFe/IrMn, were patterned into an elliptical cell array with sizes of 200 × 300 nm and 500 × 750 nm. The hysteresis loops were measured using a vibrating sample magnetometer with various directions of the external magnetic field; the angle θ between the external magnetic field (H→E) and the biasing field of the pinned layer (H→B) was varied from 0° to 90°. The two significant coupling effects, ascribed to exchange bias between CoFe/IrMn and Ruderman–Kittel–Kasuya–Yosida–like coupling in CoFeB/Ru/CoFe, can be observed in these hysteresis loops. The angular dependence of the hysteresis loops is employed to characterize the variation of these coupling effects in extended and patterned MTJ films.
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