Abstract

AbstractIn a small magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) whose charging energy is larger than a thermal energy, the tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) is enhanced by the Coulomb blockade. Transport properties in a double MTJ were theoretically studied by using the Monte Carlo method. The temperature dependence of current-voltage and TMR characteristics indicated that a small junction with 5 nm electrodes exhibited the Coulomb blockade at 300 K. It was also found that the background charge changed the threshold voltage of the Coulomb blockade. In asymmetric double tunnel junctions, the current-voltage characteristic exhibited a Coulomb staircase and the voltage dependence of the TMR ratio oscillated.

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