S F S Josephson junctions with single-domain ferromagnets for memory applications

Josephson junctions containing ferromagnetic materials are being considered for applications in cryogenic random access memory. The road to such applications requires thorough characterization of junction properties, including critical current and ground-state phase shift, as a function of the thick...

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Published in:Superconductor science & technology 2015-08, Vol.28 (8), p.1-5
Main Authors: Niedzielski, Bethany M, Gingrich, E C, Loloee, Reza, Pratt, W P, Birge, Norman O
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Decay
Ferromagnetic materials
Ferromagnetism
Josephson junctions
magnetic materials
magnetic memory
Nanostructure
Random access memory
Roads
single-domain
Switching
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Summary:Josephson junctions containing ferromagnetic materials are being considered for applications in cryogenic random access memory. The road to such applications requires thorough characterization of junction properties, including critical current and ground-state phase shift, as a function of the thickness of a single ferromagnetic layer. We carried out such a study for elliptically-shaped submicron Josephson junctions containing a Ni0.73Fe0.21Mo0.06 alloy similar to commercial Supermalloy. From the field dependence of the critical current, we conclude that the ferromagnets in our junctions are primarily single-domain. These measurements also produce pertinent information about the switching properties of the nanomagnet. We observe a 0- transition occurring at a NiFeMo thickness of 2.25 0.10 nm, while the critical current decays exponentially with a characteristic length scale of 0.48 0.04 nm.
ISSN:0953-2048
1361-6668
DOI:10.1088/0953-2048/28/8/085012