Exploring the full magneto-ionic oxidation spectrum in Pt/CoFeB/HfO2

Publication date: 9 Giu 2025

JournalSource: OPENALEXOpenAlex type: articleClosed Access
Authors: I. Benguettat-El Mokhtari, Rohit Pachat, Victor Porée, Alessio Lamperti, Y. Roussigné, Maria‐Andromachi Syskaki, J. Wrona, G. Bernard, Alessandro Cataldo, Andrea Resta, Alessandro Nicolaou, Shimpei Ono, S. M. Chérif, J. Langer, D. Ravelosona, M. Belmeguenai, A. Solignac, Liza Herrera Diez

We show that in Pt/CoFeB/HfO2 a wide range of oxidation levels at the ferromagnet/oxide interface can be accessed through magneto-ionic gating using ionic liquid gates. Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) is induced at intermediate oxidation levels, while two in-plane anisotropy states with nonequivalent ionic states are induced for under-oxidized and over-oxidized interfaces. This system shows reversibility and non-volatility in the whole range of oxidation states, where oxidation levels have been monitored by x-ray absorption spectroscopy and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. This study shows that multistate magneto-ionic memory elements with a wider range of intermediate states can be designed by leveraging both under- and over-oxidation around the optimal oxidation state that induces PMA.

Origin
Applied Physics Letters
Volume
126
Issue
23
Cited by
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