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The phenomenon of spin transfer torque (STT) has attracted a great deal of interests due to its promising prospects in practical spintronic devices. In this paper, we report a theoretical investigation of STT in a noncollinear magnetic…

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We predict an unconventional spin-transfer torque (STT) acting on the magnetization of a free ferromagnetic (F) layer within N/TI/F vertical heterostructures which originates from strong spin-orbit coupling (SOC) on the surface of a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-10-18 Farzad Mahfouzi , Naoto Nagaosa , Branislav K. Nikolic

A model of a spin valve in which electron transport between the magnetized electrodes is due to multistep tunneling is analyzed. Motivated by recent experiments on organic spin valves, we assume that spin memory loss in the course of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 R. C. Roundy , M. E. Raikh

As an emerging non-volatile memory technology, magnetic random access memory (MRAM) has key features and advantages including non-volatility, high speed, endurance, low power consumption and radiation tolerance. Conventional MRAM utilizes…

We present micromagnetic simulations and experiments on voltage-assisted field switching in perpendicular magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) with a synthetic antiferromagnetic (SAF) free layer, where the magnetic state of one sublayer is…

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We propose energy bandpass filtering employed using the idea of anti-reflection heterostructures as a means to reduce the energy requirements of a superlattice phase change memory based on GeTe and Sb$_{2}$Te$_{3}$ heterostructures.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-06-30 Jyotsna Bahl , Pankaj Priyadarshi , Bhaskaran Muralidharan

To make a useful STT-MRAM (spin-transfer torque magnetoresistive random-access memory) device, it is necessary to be able to calculate switching rates, which determine the error rates of the device. In a single-macrospin model, one can use…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-10-28 Kamaram Munira , P. B. Visscher

Flexible electronic devices require the integration of multiple crucial components on soft substrates to achieve their functions. In particular, memory devices are the fundamental component for data storage and processing in flexible…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-03-15 Li Ming Loong , Wonho Lee , Xuepeng Qiu , Ping Yang , Hiroyo Kawai , Mark Saeys , Jong-Hyun Ahn , Hyunsoo Yang

Magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) are crucial components in high-performance spintronic devices. Traditional MTJs rely on ferromagnetic (FM) materials but significant improvements in speed and packing density could be enabled by exploiting…

We demonstrate a technique of broadband spin torque ferromagnetic resonance (ST-FMR) with magnetic field modulation for measurements of spin wave properties in magnetic nanostructures. This technique gives great improvement in sensitivity…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-10-31 A. M. Gonçalves , I. Barsukov , Y. -J. Chen , L. Yang , J. A. Katine , I. N. Krivorotov

Magnetic random access memory that uses magnetic tunnel junction memory cells is a high performance, non-volatile memory technology that goes beyond traditional charge-based memories. Today its speed is limited by the high magnetization of…

Spin-transfer-torque magnetic random access memory (STT-MRAM) attracts extensive attentions due to its non-volatility, high density and low power consumption. The core device in STT-MRAM is CoFeB/MgO-based magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ),…

Naturally random devices that exploit ambient thermal noise have recently attracted attention as hardware primitives for accelerating probabilistic computing applications. One such approach is to use a low barrier nanomagnet as the free…

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Magnetic skyrmion-based data storage and unconventional computing devices have gained increasing attention due to their topological protection, small size, and low driving current. However, skyrmion creation, deletion, and motion are still…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-01-11 Aijaz H. Lone , Arnab Ganguly , Selma Amara , Gobind Das , H. Fariborzi

Impact of spin transfer torque (STT) on the write error rate of a voltage-torque-based magnetoresistive random access memory is theoretically analyzed by using the macrospin model. During the voltage pulse the STT assists or suppresses the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-06-04 Hiroshi Imamura , Rie Matsumoto

Spin-transfer ferromagnetic resonance (ST-FMR) in symmetric magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) with a varied thickness of the MgO tunnel barrier (0.75 nm < $t_{MgO}$ < 1.05 nm) is studied using the spin-torque diode effect. The application of…

We propose the two-band s-d model to describe theoretically a diffuse regime of the spin-dependent electron transport in magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJ's) of the form F/O/F where F's are 3d transition metal ferromagnetic layers and O is the…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-07 D. Bagrets , A. Bagrets , A. Vedyayev , B. Dieny

Spin-orbit torque and spin-transfer torque are leading the pathway to the future of spintronic memories. However, both of the mechanisms are suffering from intrinsic limitations. In particular, an external magnetic field is required for…

Spin Orbit Torque-Magnetic Random Access Memory (SOT-MRAM) is being developed as a successor to the Spin transfer torque MRAM (STT-MRAM) owing to its superior performance on the metrics of reliability and read-write speed. SOT switching of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-31 Akanksha Chouhan , Heston A. Mendonca , Abhishek Erram , Ashwin A. Tulapurkar

Multiferroic tunnel junctions (MFTJs) based on two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals heterostructures with sharp and clean interfaces at the atomic scale are crucial for applications in nanoscale multi-resistive logic memory devices. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-08-24 Xinlong Dong , Xuemin Shen , Xiaowen Sun , Yuhao Bai , Zhi Yan , Xiaohong Xu