Temperature dependence of the switching field distributions in all-perpendicular spin-valve nanopillars
Abstract
We present temperature dependent switching measurements of the Co/Ni multilayered free element of 75 nm diameter spin-valve nanopillars. Angular dependent hysteresis measurements as well as switching field measurements taken at low temperature are in agreement with a model of thermal activation over a perpendicular anisotropy barrier. However, the statistics of switching (mean switching field and switching variance) from 20 K up to 400 K are in disagreement with a N\'eel-Brown model that assumes a temperature independent barrier height and anisotropy field. We introduce a modified N\'eel-Brown model thats fit the experimental data in which we take a T3/2 dependence to the barrier height and the anisotropy field due to the temperature dependent magnetization and anisotropy energy.
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