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Search Publications by: Mark D. Stiles (Fed)

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Spin-Orbit Precession Damping in Transition Metal Ferromagnets

January 1, 2007
Author(s)
Keith Gilmore, Y Idzerda, Mark D. Stiles
We provide a simple explanation, based on an effective field, for the precession damping rate due to the spin-orbit interaction. Previous effective field treatments of spin-orbit damping include only variations of the state energies with respect to the

Two Simple Tests for Models of Current-Induced Magnetization Switching

January 1, 2007
Author(s)
N Theodoropoulou, Abhishek Sharma, W Pratt, Mark D. Stiles, J Xiao, J Bass
We describe two simple tests for models of current-induced magnetization switching due to spin-transfer-torque in ferromagnetic/non-magnetic/ferromagnetic (F/N/F) trilayers. The first involves comparing calculated and measured values of the ratio X = ?I(Cu

Spin Transfer Torque and Dynamics

November 1, 2006
Author(s)
Mark D. Stiles, J Miltat
The currents in magnetic multilayers are spin polarized and carry enough angular momentum that they can cause magnetic reversal and induce stable precession of the magnetization in thin magnetic layers. The flow of spins is determined by the spin-dependent

Preoxidation as a general approach to suppressing orange-peel coupling in magnetic tunnel junctions

October 1, 2006
Author(s)
William F. Egelhoff Jr., Robert McMichael, Cindi L. Dennis, Mark D. Stiles, Alexander J. Shapiro, Brian B. Maranville, Cedric J. Powell
We have found that preoxidation of the bottom electrode prior to deposition of Al 2O 3 or MgO is very effective as a general approach to suppressing orange-peel coupling in magnetic tunnel junctions. When orange-peel coupling is suppressed, the hard-axis

Soft magnetic layers for low-field-detection magnetic sensors

May 18, 2006
Author(s)
William F. Egelhoff Jr., Robert McMichael, Cindi L. Dennis, Mark D. Stiles, Freemon Johnson, Alexander J. Shapiro, Brian B. Maranville, Cedric J. Powell
We have investigated a wide variety of soft magnetic layers as sense layers for magnetic-field sensors. We find that in thin-film form, some of these soft materials can have susceptibilities (?) approaching those of the corresponding bulk material. In

Exchange Coupling in Magnetic Multilayers

May 1, 2006
Author(s)
Mark D. Stiles
In magnetic multilayers, the magnetizations of two ferromagnetic layers separated by a non-magnetic spacer layer are coupled by the electrons in the spacer layer. This coupling oscillates in sign as a function of the thickness of the spacer layer

Electronic Effects in Length Distribution of Atom Chains

April 17, 2006
Author(s)
Jason Crain, Mark D. Stiles, Joseph A. Stroscio, Daniel T. Pierce
Gold deposited on Si(553) leads to self assembly of atomic chains, which are broken into finite segments by atomic defects. Scanning tunneling microscopy is used to investigate the distribution of chain lengths and the correlation between defects

Suppression of Orange-Peel Coupling in Magnetic Tunnel Junctions by Preoxidation

April 17, 2006
Author(s)
William F. Egelhoff Jr., Robert McMichael, Cindi L. Dennis, Mark D. Stiles, Alexander J. Shapiro, Brian B. Maranville, Cedric J. Powell
We have found that preoxidation of the bottom Co electrode in magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) very effectively suppresses orange-peel coupling. The result is a free layer that is much softer. Work by others has demonstrated that preoxidation is compatible