Patent attributes
According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a magnetoresistance effect element including a first magnetic layer having a variable magnetization direction, a second magnetic layer having a variable magnetization direction, a third magnetic layer having a fixed magnetization direction and a nonmagnetic layer, the first magnetic layer being provided between the second and third magnetic layers, and the nonmagnetic layer being provided between the first and third magnetic layers. The second magnetic layer has a superlattice structure in which first element layers and second element layers are alternately stacked. The first element is Co, and the second element is selected from Pt, Ni and Pd, and the second magnetic layer contains Cr as a third element.