Abstract
Magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJ) were fabricated with high oxygen-plasma power and the effects of annealing on the temperature dependence of tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) were investigated experimentally. As grown, TMR increases, peaks around 160 K, and decreases with increasing temperature from 80 K to 300 K. When MTJs are annealed, Tmax, the temperature at which maximum TMR is obtained, decreases as annealing temperature increases to the optimal point. In order to explain the temperature dependence of TMR, the difference of conductance between parallel and antiparallel alignments of magnetizations as a function of temperature is also analyzed. The shifts of Tmax due to annealing are described phenomenologically with spin-dependent transfer rates of electrons through the barrier.
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