Electronic Resource
[S.l.]
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American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Journal of Applied Physics
84 (1998), S. 6195-6201
ISSN:
1089-7550
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
We report measurements of voltage fluctuations in magnetic tunnel junctions which exhibit both high and low magnetoresistance (MR). The voltage noise power normalized to the square of the junction bias voltage was 10−14/Hz at a frequency of 1 Hz in a high MR junction. Low MR junctions had significantly higher noise power at 1 Hz and the origin of the noise was not magnetic. In these junctions, random telegraph noise was observed over a wide range of temperatures and junction biases. The results are consistent with a two-channel model of conduction, one of which is spin independent and gives rise to large noise. A noise measuring technique provides evidence for bias-dependent current-path rearrangements. The data support the existence of an inhomogeneous (filamentary-like) current-flow pattern across the tunnel junction associated with the spin-independent channel. © 1998 American Institute of Physics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.368936
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