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We perform 3D micromagnetic simulations of current-driven magnetization dynamics in nanoscale exchange biased spin-valves that take account of (i) back action of spin-transfer torque on the pinned layer, (ii) non-linear damping and (iii)…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. Siracusano , G. Finocchio , I. N. Krivorotov , L. Torres , G. Consolo , B. Azzerboni

The magnetization reversal and dynamics of a spin valve pillar, whose lateral size is 64$\times$64 nm$^2$, are studied by using micromagnetic simulation in the presence of spin transfer torque. Spin torques display both characteristics of…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-10 Z. Li , S. Zhang

In a nanomagnet (whose total spin S< 1000), very small polarized currents can lead to magnetic reversal. Treating on the same footing the transport and magnetic properties of a nanomagnet connected to magnetic leads via tunneling barriers,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 X. Waintal , O. Parcollet

The magnetization orientation of a nanoscale ferromagnet can be manipulated using an electric current via the spin transfer effect. Time domain measurements of nanopillar devices at low temperatures have directly shown that magnetization…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-04-27 Samir Garzon , Longfei Ye , Richard A. Webb , Thomas M. Crawford , Mark Covington , Shehzaad Kaka

Energy-efficient fast switching of spin orientations or textures is a core issue of spintronics, which is highly demanded but remains challenging. Different from the mainstream routes based on spin-transfer torque or spin-orbit torque, here…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-01-14 Zhong Shen , Jun Chen , Xiaoyan Yao , Shuai Dong

A new class of spin-transfer torque magnetic random access memory (STT-MRAM) is discussed, in which writing is achieved using thermally initiated magnonic current pulses as an alternative to conventional electric current pulses. The…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-28 Niladri N. Mojumder , David W. Abraham , Kaushik Roy , D. C. Worledge

We propose magnetic threshold-logic (MTL) design based on non-volatile spin-torque switches. A threshold logic gate (TLG) performs summation of multiple inputs multiplied by a fixed set of weights and compares the sum with a threshold. MTL…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2013-08-21 Mrigank Sharad , Deliang Fan , Kaushik Roy

Spintronic devices as alternatives to traditional semiconductor-based electronic devices attract considerable interest as they offer zero quiescent power, built-in memory, scalability, and reconfigurability. To realize spintronic logic…

Applied Physics · Physics 2017-12-04 Seung-heon Chris Baek , Kyung-Woong Park , Deok-Sin Kil , Kyung-Jin Lee , Byong-Guk Park

Spin reversal in magnetic nanomolecules and nanoclusters is considered. A method is suggested allowing, from one side, to keep for long time magnetic polarization in a metastable state and, from the other side, for starting the reversal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-03-23 V. I. Yukalov , E. P. Yukalova

Nanomagnetic logic, in which the outcome of a computation is embedded into the energy hierarchy of magnetostatically coupled nanomagnets, offers an attractive pathway to implement in-memory computation. This computational paradigm avoids…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-07-08 Pieter Gypens , Naëmi Leo , Matteo Menniti , Paolo Vavassori , Jonathan Leliaert

The discovery of the spin torque effect has made magnetic nanodevices realistic candidates for active elements of memory devices and applications. Magnetoresistive effects allow the read-out of increasingly small magnetic bits, and the spin…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-01-07 Nicolas Locatelli , Vincent Cros , Julie Grollier

A long-standing goal of computer technology is to process and store digital information with the same device in order to implement new architectures. One way to accomplish this is to use nanomagnetic `non-volatile' logic gates that can…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-04-21 Ayan K. Biswas , Jayasimha Atulasimha , Supriyo Bandyopadhyay

A novel spintronic nanodevice is proposed that is capable to manipulate the single heavy hole spin state in a coherent manner. It can act as a single quantum logic gate. The heavy hole spin transformations are realized by transporting the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 P. Szumniak , S. Bednarek , B. Partoens , F. M. Peeters

In a ferromagnetic nanodisk, the magnetization tends to swirl around in the plane of the disk and can point either up or down at the center of this magnetic vortex. This binary state can be useful for information storage. It is demonstrated…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 Keisuke Yamada , Shinya Kasai , Yoshinobu Nakatani , Kensuke Kobayashi , Teruo Ono

Probabilistic computers replace logic gates with networks of interacting random variables, creating bidirectional systems that can back-derive inputs from outputs. Such architectures enable efficient generation of random samples,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-21 Shreyes Nallan , Jian-Gang Zhu

Dynamic simulations of spin-transfer and spin-orbit torques are increasingly important for a wide range of spintronic devices including magnetic random access memory, spin-torque nano-oscillators and electrical switching of…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-11-23 Andrea Meo , Carenza E. Cronshaw , Sarah Jenkins , Amelia Lees , Richard F. L. Evans

Spin currents are used to write information in magnetic random access memory (MRAM) devices by switching the magnetization direction of one of the ferromagnetic electrodes of a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) nanopillar. Different physical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-04-26 Christopher Safranski , Jonathan Z. Sun , Andrew D. Kent

The discovery that a spin polarized current can exert a large torque on a ferromagnet through a transfusion of spin angular momentum, offers a new way to control a magnetization by simple current injection, without the help of an applied…

Nonvolatile devices based on the spin-orbit torque (SOT) mechanism are highly suitable for in-memory logic operations. The current objective is to enhance the memory density of memory cells while performing logic operations within the same…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-08-20 Raghvendra Posti , Dhanajay Tiwari , Debangsu Roy

The design of a microstructured, fully functional spin-wave majority gate is presented and studied using micromagnetic simulations. This all-magnon logic gate consists of three-input waveguides, a spin-wave combiner and an output waveguide.…