Anisotropic magneto-resistance in MgO-based magnetic tunnel junctions induced by spin-orbit coupling

Hui-Min Tang, Shi-zhuo Wang, Xin-tao Jia

We performed a first-principles study of the tunneling anisotropic magneto-resistance (TAMR) in Ag(Ir,Pt)$/$MgO$/$Fe junctions. Enhanced TAMR with ideal and skewed fourfold angular…