Current-induced reversal in magnetic nanopillars passivated by silicon
arXiv:0812.1381 · doi:10.1063/1.3086662
Abstract
We demonstrate that magnetic multilayer nanopillars can be efficiently protected from oxidation by coating with silicon. Both the protected and the oxidized nanopillars exhibit an increase of reversal current at cryogenic temperatures. However the magnetic excitation onset current increases only in the oxidized samples. We show that oxidized nanopillars exhibit anomalous switching statistics at low temperature, providing a simple test for the quality of magnetic nanodevices.
3 pages, 4 figures
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