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Nanometallic devices based on amorphous insulator-metal thin films are developed to provide a novel non-volatile resistance-switching random-access memory (RRAM). In these devices, data recording is controlled by a bipolar voltage, which…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-12-08 Xiang Yang

Progress in (Ga,Mn)As lithography has recently allowed us to realize structures where unique magnetic anisotropy properties can be imposed locally in various regions of a given device. We make use of this technology to fabricate a device in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-25 K. Pappert , S. Hümpfner , C. Gould , J. Wenisch , K. Brunner , G. Schmidt , L. W. Molenkamp

Realisation of practical spintronic devices relies on the ability to create and detect pure spin currents. In graphene-based spin valves this is usually achieved by injection of spin-polarized electrons from ferromagnetic contacts via a…

Spintronics is a field of electronics based on using the electron spin instead of its charge. The recent advance in the manipulation of pure spin currents, i.e. angular momentum transfer not associated to conventional charge currents, has…

An annular magnetic memory that uses a spin-polarized current to switch the magnetization direction or helicity of a magnetic region is proposed. The device has magnetic materials in the shape of a ring (1 to 5 nm in thickness, 20 to 250 nm…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Andrew D. Kent , Daniel L. Stein

The development of spin-orbitronic devices, such as magneto-electric spin-orbit logic devices, calls for materials with a high resistivity and a high spin-charge interconversion efficiency. One of the most promising candidates in this…

The realization of chiral spin textures - comprising myriad distinct, nanoscale arrangements of spins with topological properties - has established pathways for engineering robust, energy-efficient and scalable elements for non-volatile…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-10-31 M. S. Nicholas Tey , Xiaoye Chen , Anjan Soumyanarayanan , Pin Ho

We present a new circuit for non-Boolean recognition of binary images. Employing all-spin logic (ASL) devices, we design logic comparators and non-Boolean decision blocks for compact and efficient computation. By manipulation of fan-in…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2016-05-25 Hamidreza Aghasi , Rouhollah Mousavi Iraei , Azad Naeemi , Ehsan Afshari

Topologically non-trivial spin textures, such as skyrmions and dislocations, display emergent electrodynamics and can be moved by spin currents over macroscopic distances. These unique properties and their nanoscale size make them excellent…

Solid-state electronics based on utilizing the electron spin degree of freedom for storing and processing information can pave the way for next-generation spin-based computing. However, the realization of spin communication between multiple…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-02-05 Dmitrii Khokhriakov , Bogdan Karpiak , Anamul Md. Hoque , Saroj P. Dash

In this article I report about a numerical investigation of nonlinear spin dynamics in a magnetic thin-film, made of Yttrium-Iron-Garnet (YIG). This film is exposed to a small in-plane oriented magnetic field, and strong spin currents. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-12-02 Henning Ulrichs

Disorder in magnetic materials prevents reliable control of spin textures and constrains their integration into spintronic devices. Existing methods access disorder only indirectly through external imaging probes or bulk transport…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-03 Liam K. Mitchell , Benjamin J. Brown , Gang Xiao

Spin textures such as magnetic domain walls and skyrmions have the potential to revolutionize electronic devices by encoding information bits. Although recent advancements in ferromagnetic films have led to promising device prototypes,…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-07-18 Kang Wang , Vineetha Bheemarasetty , Gang Xiao

We propose a spintronic device to generate spin polarization in a mesoscopic region by purely electric means. We show that the spin Hall effect in combination with the stirring effect are sufficient to induce measurable spin polarization in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-07-27 Yu. V. Pershin , N. A. Sinitsyn , A. Kogan , A. Saxena , D. L. Smith

Experimental insight in the nanoscale dynamics underlying switching in novel memristive devices is limited owing to the scarcity of techniques that can probe the electronic structure of these devices. Scattering scanning near-field optical…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-03-14 Sergio Salvía Fernández , Xing Gao , Silvia Cassanelli , Stephan Bron , Hans Hilgenkamp , Erik van Heumen

The rapidly expanding research in Spintronics, the electronics utilizing the electron spin instead of its charge, is driven by the very interesting potential applications. The actual task is to develop principles for the spin manipulations…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-10 A. V. Scherbakov , A. V. Akimov , D. R. Yakovlev , W. Ossau , L. Hansen , A. Waag , L. W. Molenkamp

The recent discovery of altermagnets, which exhibit spin splitting without net magnetization, opens new directions for spintronics beyond the limits of ferromagnets, antiferromagnets, and spin orbit coupled systems. We investigate spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-29 Pei-Hao Fu , Qianqian Lv , Yong Xu , Jorge Cayao , Jun-Feng Liu , Xiang-Long Yu

Spintronics involves the development of low-dimensional electronic systems with potential use in quantum-based computation. In graphene, there has been significant progress in improving spin transport characteristics by encapsulation and…

A method for deterministic control of the magnetic order parameter using an electrical stimulus is highly desired for the new generation of spintronic and magnetoelectronic devices. Much effort has been focused on magnetic domain-wall…

Conventional magnonic devices use three classes of magnetostatic waves that require detailed manipulation of magnetization structure that makes the design and the device/circuitry scalability difficult tasks. Here, we demonstrate that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-07-04 X. S. Wang , H. W. Zhang , X. R. Wang