Impact of Spin-Orbit Coupling on Quantum Transport in Magnetic Tunnel Junction with an anti-ferromagnetic Capping Layer

Shradha Chandrashekhar Koli, Hangyu Zhou, Jiaqi Zhou +2

Using first-principles calculations, we explore the role of an anti-ferromagnetic heavy-metal, L1${}_0$-IrMn, as a capping layer in a perpendicular magnetic tunnel junction (\emph{p}…