SPINTRONICS
(Nano Magnetism)
 • UC-Berkeley, Physics
   • Jusang Park PhD.
EDUCATION

Ph. D. CONDENSED PHYSICS
2007
HANYANG UNIVERSITY, Seoul, Korea                                         TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
M. S. CONDENSED PHYSICS
1997                                                                     Instrument/ System development:
HONGIK UNIVERSITY, Seoul, Korea                                          Development and construction of several vacuum
B. S. PHYSICS                                                            processing and measurement systems: UHV- STM, SMOKE,
1995                                                                     Electron-Beam Evaporation System.
ANDONG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Andong, Korea
                                                                         Thin film growth:
                                                                         Thermal E-beam evaporation systems. Thermal
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE                                                      Evaporation systems.

Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley              Structural and Surface analysis :
2009-present                                                             Low Energy Electron Diffraction (LEED), Atomic Force
Postdoctoral Associate, Advisor: Prof. Z. Q. Qiu                         Microscopy (AFM) , Scan Tunneling Microscopy (STM),
I investigated nano-magnetism in magnetic thin films.                    Photo Emission Electron Microscopy (PEEM), Scanning
Developed and built various vacuum processing and magnetic               Electron Microscope (SEM).
measurement systems
Collaborated with various research partners (LBNL, UC DAVIS, and the     Magnetic Characterization:
other UC Berkeley department)                                            X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism (XMCD), X-ray Magnetic
                                                                         Linear Dichroism (XMLD), Spin-Polarized Low Energy
Quantum Photonic Science Research Center in Hanyang University           Electron Microscopy (SPLEEM), Superconducting Quantum
2006-2009                                                                Interference Device (SQUID).
Additional Doctoral Research:
To further dissertation work, studied the fabrication of metallic thin
films and numerous Mn oxides, including magnetic alloy.
Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
2003-2006
Additional Doctoral Research:
Investigated exchange bias effect of mono-layers of Fe on Pt (110) by
using In-situ SMOKE, XMCD, STM etc.
Developed and built UHV-STM and SMOKE measurement systems.
Why nanomagnetism?                    What nano scale?
 •   Spintronics?
 •   Combination of “charge” and
     “spin” in nanostructures

                                                      2D                      1D                    0D
             Charge    Scalar +
             + Spin    Vector
                                                               FM/AFM interface    Nano-structure


Scalar + vector = more degree of
freedom
A great example: GMR




                                                           M
A better understanding of “spin” at
nano-scale is needed.
                                                                       H
                                      Bubble domain                                   vortex
                                                                  Exchange bias
How to prepare the sample
                                                   double wedge sample
                                                   with MBE growth

Ferromagnetic thin film (Co, Ni, FCT Fe)
   Curie Temperature
   Anisotropy
Antiferromagnetic thin film (FeMn)
   Neel Temperature
   Magnetic disorder
Nonmagnetic thin film (Cu, FCC Fe)
  Interlayer coupling strength

    • NiO/Fe(15ML)/Ag(001) & CoO/Fe(15ML)/Ag(001)
      MBE grown sample

    • Focused Iron Beam (FIB)
      30keV Ga iron sputtering, ~10nm focus size

    • PEEM imaging
      XMCD for Fe; XMLD for NiO & CoO
                                                         m
PEEM (photoemission electron microscopy) :Element specific Image
 LCP light Dm=+1      RCP light Dm=-1
                                                                               Domain image
              E                    E
                                                                       LCP
                                                                     Right
                                                                       RCP
                                                                     Left



                                                     L3      L2
2p3/2(L3) ~
          ~          2p3/2(L3) ~
                               ~
                                             780    800        820

                                                     photo energy(eV)
                                                                         840
                                                                                   L3     L2
                                             Photon energy (eV)
                                                   Before


                                                      X-rays




                                                                                  After
An example: interlayer coupling in Co/NiO/Fe trilayer
                      Element-specific measurement



                                                                        Co
                                                                        NiO
                                                                        Fe


                                                                        Co

                                                                        NiO

                                                                        Fe
     NiO XMLD image provides the key information to understand
     the anomalous Co-Fe interlayer coupling.

However, XMLD is limited to single crystalline oxides, e.g. NiO, CoO.
Magnetic Vortex in Antiferromagnet
       •     Spin Excitations
       •     Quantum Phase Transition


                                       Skyrmion of 2D Antiferromagnet

                                       T. Senthil et. al., Science 303, 1490 (2004).



Imprinting Magnetic Vortex in FM/AFM Bilayers
Indirect evidence
-    Characteristic asymmetric hysteresis loops
-    Vortex of the induced FM signal from the AF layer


                                         Ir20Mn80/Ni80Fe20

       XMCD         Fe      Mn

      G. Salazar-Alvarez, et. al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 012510 (2009).
Two types of AFM vortex
                                                                      Fe XMCD   Co XMLD

Our proposal: Competition tuned by interlayer coupling
  vortex                                                                                  dNiO=0.6 nm; SFe // SCoO


                                             or
single domain FM
            coupling
                                                                                               D=4 mm



                AFM                          or
              coupling
                                                                                          dCoO=3.5 nm; SFe ┴ SCoO



Tuning coupling strength allows us to choose magnetic ground state.
Our methodology
   Quantum well state formed in thin film can be employed to
   retrieve band structure.

At fixed film thickness d              Oscillatory Coupling

                            E                             Magneto-Optic Effect


                                GMR                           Thickness stability



                                      Magnetic Anisotropy
                 DOS
         d
   At fixed energy E            The periodicity of the oscillation in DOS
                                with film thickness is determined by the
                                momentum of valence electrons (kin,).
   DOS




                  d
14


                12




  Energy (eV)
                10


                 8


                 6

                     0   2   4   6   8   10   12
                         Co Thickness (ML)

                14


                12




Energy (eV)
                10


                8


                6

                     0   2   4   6   8   10   12
                         Co Thickness (ML)
Spintronics Revolution via Spin Engineering
 Magnetic Recording                                           MRAM                                    Spin Transistor
       Spin-Valve Head
                     Pinned layer
                                           Bit line




                         Current
                                                        “1”        “0”
                                                                           Memory cell
                                                  Word line                with binary
                                                                           information
                              Free layer          • Density of DRAM
 Tb/in2 before 2010 !
                                                  • Speed of SRAM        IBM 256 Mb(’04)
                                                  • Non-volatility       Samsung 64Kb(’03)
                                                                                                      • Large Magnetocurrent(3500%)
                                                  • Low power                                         • High Speed( 〉10GHz)
                                                                                                      • Small collector current(~ 10 nA)
                                                              Biosensor
    Spin LED                                                                                    Quantum Computer




                                                               Wang, INTERMAG(’03)           Electron Spins in Quantum dots as Qubits
               Ohno, Nature(’99)
Collaborators
Analysis of Cu(100nm)/Ru(3nm)/TaN(3nm)
                                                     /SiO(1um)/Si
                                                                                                    SEM
                                                           No 3.


                                                          No 8.
                                                          No 9.
                                                          No10.

                       PEEM spectrum of elements
                                                  Distribution of Cu
                                                                   Distribution of RuGeometry


            Ru             Cu               O

                                                                                                No 10.




                                                                                                 No 9.

450   480        925      950   490   560   630
Spin-Organic Light Emitting Diode
                                     Cathode Interface
OLED                                 • Metal Diffusion
                light emission       • Introduction of Impurities
                                     • Barrier - poor e- injection
          V    Ferromagnetic metal cathodes

                          Spin Coated Polymer (Ir(ppy)3)
                                                                     Spin coating process


ITO                  Glass substrate

                                - Fe, Al anode
Anode (ITO) Interface           Rate: 5 A/s
• Indium, Oxygen Diffusion
• Barrier – poor h+ injection   Base pressure: 10-7 Torr
• Variations in morphology    - Organic layer
• Variations in work function Spin Coating 4000RPM
                                                                 E-beam evaporation system
Two sepereated UHV STM systems
              Variable temperature
               SMOKE/LEED system                 Fe-Pt surface alloy: STM

Pt(110) surface: 1KeV Ar-ion sputtering
               + annealing at 1000 K
Fe evaporation: e-beam bombarded Fe plate (4N)


  STM head and principle
                            Piezo
                            tube

                                      200nm




       Tip cartridge
                       Sample

Spintronics

  • 1.
    SPINTRONICS (Nano Magnetism) •UC-Berkeley, Physics • Jusang Park PhD.
  • 2.
    EDUCATION Ph. D. CONDENSEDPHYSICS 2007 HANYANG UNIVERSITY, Seoul, Korea TECHNICAL EXPERTISE M. S. CONDENSED PHYSICS 1997 Instrument/ System development: HONGIK UNIVERSITY, Seoul, Korea Development and construction of several vacuum B. S. PHYSICS processing and measurement systems: UHV- STM, SMOKE, 1995 Electron-Beam Evaporation System. ANDONG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Andong, Korea Thin film growth: Thermal E-beam evaporation systems. Thermal RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Evaporation systems. Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley Structural and Surface analysis : 2009-present Low Energy Electron Diffraction (LEED), Atomic Force Postdoctoral Associate, Advisor: Prof. Z. Q. Qiu Microscopy (AFM) , Scan Tunneling Microscopy (STM), I investigated nano-magnetism in magnetic thin films. Photo Emission Electron Microscopy (PEEM), Scanning Developed and built various vacuum processing and magnetic Electron Microscope (SEM). measurement systems Collaborated with various research partners (LBNL, UC DAVIS, and the Magnetic Characterization: other UC Berkeley department) X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism (XMCD), X-ray Magnetic Linear Dichroism (XMLD), Spin-Polarized Low Energy Quantum Photonic Science Research Center in Hanyang University Electron Microscopy (SPLEEM), Superconducting Quantum 2006-2009 Interference Device (SQUID). Additional Doctoral Research: To further dissertation work, studied the fabrication of metallic thin films and numerous Mn oxides, including magnetic alloy. Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science 2003-2006 Additional Doctoral Research: Investigated exchange bias effect of mono-layers of Fe on Pt (110) by using In-situ SMOKE, XMCD, STM etc. Developed and built UHV-STM and SMOKE measurement systems.
  • 3.
    Why nanomagnetism? What nano scale? • Spintronics? • Combination of “charge” and “spin” in nanostructures 2D 1D 0D Charge Scalar + + Spin Vector FM/AFM interface Nano-structure Scalar + vector = more degree of freedom A great example: GMR M A better understanding of “spin” at nano-scale is needed. H Bubble domain vortex Exchange bias
  • 4.
    How to preparethe sample double wedge sample with MBE growth Ferromagnetic thin film (Co, Ni, FCT Fe) Curie Temperature Anisotropy Antiferromagnetic thin film (FeMn) Neel Temperature Magnetic disorder Nonmagnetic thin film (Cu, FCC Fe) Interlayer coupling strength • NiO/Fe(15ML)/Ag(001) & CoO/Fe(15ML)/Ag(001) MBE grown sample • Focused Iron Beam (FIB) 30keV Ga iron sputtering, ~10nm focus size • PEEM imaging XMCD for Fe; XMLD for NiO & CoO m
  • 5.
    PEEM (photoemission electronmicroscopy) :Element specific Image LCP light Dm=+1 RCP light Dm=-1 Domain image E E LCP Right RCP Left L3 L2 2p3/2(L3) ~ ~ 2p3/2(L3) ~ ~ 780 800 820 photo energy(eV) 840 L3 L2 Photon energy (eV) Before X-rays After
  • 6.
    An example: interlayercoupling in Co/NiO/Fe trilayer Element-specific measurement Co NiO Fe Co NiO Fe NiO XMLD image provides the key information to understand the anomalous Co-Fe interlayer coupling. However, XMLD is limited to single crystalline oxides, e.g. NiO, CoO.
  • 7.
    Magnetic Vortex inAntiferromagnet • Spin Excitations • Quantum Phase Transition Skyrmion of 2D Antiferromagnet T. Senthil et. al., Science 303, 1490 (2004). Imprinting Magnetic Vortex in FM/AFM Bilayers Indirect evidence - Characteristic asymmetric hysteresis loops - Vortex of the induced FM signal from the AF layer Ir20Mn80/Ni80Fe20 XMCD Fe Mn G. Salazar-Alvarez, et. al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 012510 (2009).
  • 8.
    Two types ofAFM vortex Fe XMCD Co XMLD Our proposal: Competition tuned by interlayer coupling vortex dNiO=0.6 nm; SFe // SCoO or single domain FM coupling D=4 mm AFM or coupling dCoO=3.5 nm; SFe ┴ SCoO Tuning coupling strength allows us to choose magnetic ground state.
  • 9.
    Our methodology Quantum well state formed in thin film can be employed to retrieve band structure. At fixed film thickness d Oscillatory Coupling E Magneto-Optic Effect GMR Thickness stability Magnetic Anisotropy DOS d At fixed energy E The periodicity of the oscillation in DOS with film thickness is determined by the momentum of valence electrons (kin,). DOS d
  • 10.
    14 12 Energy (eV) 10 8 6 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 Co Thickness (ML) 14 12 Energy (eV) 10 8 6 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 Co Thickness (ML)
  • 11.
    Spintronics Revolution viaSpin Engineering Magnetic Recording MRAM Spin Transistor Spin-Valve Head Pinned layer Bit line Current “1” “0” Memory cell Word line with binary information Free layer • Density of DRAM Tb/in2 before 2010 ! • Speed of SRAM IBM 256 Mb(’04) • Non-volatility Samsung 64Kb(’03) • Large Magnetocurrent(3500%) • Low power • High Speed( 〉10GHz) • Small collector current(~ 10 nA) Biosensor Spin LED Quantum Computer Wang, INTERMAG(’03) Electron Spins in Quantum dots as Qubits Ohno, Nature(’99)
  • 12.
  • 13.
    Analysis of Cu(100nm)/Ru(3nm)/TaN(3nm) /SiO(1um)/Si SEM No 3. No 8. No 9. No10. PEEM spectrum of elements Distribution of Cu Distribution of RuGeometry Ru Cu O No 10. No 9. 450 480 925 950 490 560 630
  • 14.
    Spin-Organic Light EmittingDiode Cathode Interface OLED • Metal Diffusion light emission • Introduction of Impurities • Barrier - poor e- injection V Ferromagnetic metal cathodes Spin Coated Polymer (Ir(ppy)3) Spin coating process ITO Glass substrate - Fe, Al anode Anode (ITO) Interface Rate: 5 A/s • Indium, Oxygen Diffusion • Barrier – poor h+ injection Base pressure: 10-7 Torr • Variations in morphology - Organic layer • Variations in work function Spin Coating 4000RPM E-beam evaporation system
  • 15.
    Two sepereated UHVSTM systems  Variable temperature SMOKE/LEED system Fe-Pt surface alloy: STM Pt(110) surface: 1KeV Ar-ion sputtering + annealing at 1000 K Fe evaporation: e-beam bombarded Fe plate (4N) STM head and principle Piezo tube 200nm Tip cartridge Sample