Surface acoustic wave induced modulation of tunneling magnetoresistance in magnetic tunnel junctions

Dhritiman Bhattacharya; Peng Sheng; Md Ahsanul Abeed; Zhengyang Zhao; Hongshi Li; Jian Ping Wang; Supriyo Bandyopadhyay; Bin Ma; Jayasimha Atulasimha

doi:10.1063/5.0051905

Surface acoustic wave induced modulation of tunneling magnetoresistance in magnetic tunnel junctions

Dhritiman Bhattacharya, Peng Sheng, Md Ahsanul Abeed, Zhengyang Zhao, Hongshi Li, Jian Ping Wang, Supriyo Bandyopadhyay, Bin Ma, Jayasimha Atulasimha

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We show that a surface acoustic wave (SAW) applied across the terminals of a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) decreases both the (time-averaged) parallel and antiparallel resistances of the MTJ, with the latter decreasing much more than the former. This results in a decrease in the tunneling magnetoresistance ratio. The coercivities of the free and fixed layers of the MTJ, however, are not affected significantly, suggesting that the SAW does not cause large-angle magnetization rotation in the magnetic layers through the inverse magnetostriction (Villari) effect at the power levels used. This study sheds light on the dynamical behavior of an MTJ under periodic compressive and tensile strain.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	033901
Journal	Journal of Applied Physics
Volume	130
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0051905
State	Published - Jul 21 2021

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This work at VCU was supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under Grant No. CCF-1815033. The work at UMN was supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under Grant No. CCF-1816406. Portions of this work were conducted in the Minnesota Nano Center, which was supported by the National Science Foundation through the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI) under Award No. ECCS-2025124.

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