Patent ID: 8565013

Claim:
A storage element comprising: a storage layer that stores information on the basis of a magnetization state of a magnetic material; a fixed magnetization layer that has a magnetization serving as a reference of the information stored in the storage layer; an interlayer that is formed of a nonmagnetic material and interposed between the storage layer and the fixed magnetization layer; a cap layer that is provided to be adjacent to the storage layer and opposite to the interlayer; and a metal cap layer that is provided to be adjacent to the cap layer and opposite to the storage layer, wherein the magnetization of the storage layer is reversed using spin torque magnetization reversal which is caused by a current flowing in a lamination direction of a layer structure including the storage layer, the interlayer, and the fixed magnetization layer, thereby storing information, the interlayer and the cap layer are formed of an oxide, and the metal cap layer is formed of Pd or Pt.