Magnetocapacitance effect of coercive differential spin tunneling junctions Co(100 Å)/Al 2 O 3 (ϳ20 Å)/Co(500 Å) fabricated onto a glass substrate by ion-beam mask sputtering was investigated. The impedance was measured by a four-probe method at room temperature in the frequency range from 120 Hz to 1 MHz. It is found that the effective capacitance changes with the application of an external magnetic field. At high frequencies, the magnetocapacitance ratio is as large as the dc magnetoresistance ratio. However, at low frequencies, capacitance changes cannot be observed because the measurement sensitivity is too low. The magnetocapacitance effect was hence found to be a promising tool for high frequency magnetic sensing.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.