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Valley-peak modulation (VPM) was introduced as a metric for quantifying read noise in deep sub-electron read noise (DSERN) CMOS sensors. In the original amplitude-domain definition, VPM depends on both read noise and quanta exposure, yet…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-04-21 Aaron J. Hendrickson , David P. Haefner

Reliable operation of perpendicular spin-transfer-torque magnetic random-access memory (p-STT-MRAM) requires control of magnetic alignment within the synthetic antiferromagnet (SAF) reference layer. At nanopillar dimensions, however,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-12 Afan Terko , George Lertzman-Lepofsky , Dieter Suess , Claas Abert , Erol Girt

Memtranstor that correlates charge and magnetic flux via nonlinear magnetoelectric effects has a great potential in developing next-generation nonvolatile devices. In addition to multi-level nonvolatile memory, we demonstrate here that…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2017-01-04 Jianxin Shen , Dashan Shang , Yisheng Chai , Yue Wang , Junzhuang Cong , Shipeng Shen , Liqin Yan , Wenhong Wang , Young Sun

We report a giant spin Hall effect (SHE) in {\beta}-Ta that generates spin currents intense enough to induce efficient spin-transfer-torque switching of ferromagnets, thereby providing a new approach for controlling magnetic devices that…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-04 Luqiao Liu , Chi-Feng Pai , Y. Li , H. W. Tseng , D. C. Ralph , R. A. Buhrman

Using micromagnetic simulations, we study the interplay between strongly voltage-controlled magnetic anisotropy (VCMA), $\Delta K = \pm$200 kJ/m$^3$, and gate width, $w=$ 10--400 nm, in voltage-gated W/CoFeB/MgO based nano-constriction spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-08-16 Victor H. González , Roman Khymyn , Himanshu Fulara , Ahmad A. Awad , Johan Åkerman

We report that by measuring current-induced hysteresis loop shift versus in-plane bias magnetic field, the spin Hall effect (SHE) contribution of the current-induced effective field per current density, $\chi_{SHE}$, can be estimated for Pt…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-01-12 Chi-Feng Pai , Maxwell Mann , Aik Jun Tan , Geoffrey S. D. Beach

Volatile memristors have recently gained popularity as promising devices for neuromorphic circuits, capable of mimicking the leaky function of neurons and offering advantages over capacitor-based circuits in terms of power dissipation and…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2025-07-22 Tanay Patni , Rishona Daniels , Shahar Kvatinsky

Spin-torque and spin-Hall oscillators (SHOs) have emerged as promising candidates for building blocks in neuromorphic computing due to their ability to synchronize mutually, a process that can be mediated by propagating spin waves. We…

By using the first-principles calculations and model analyses, we found that the combination of defected tungsten disulfide monolayer and sparse manganese adsorption may give a KK` valley spin splitting up to 210 meV. This system also has a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-01-22 Jie Li , Lei Gu , Ruqian Wu

Electrical switching and rectifying properties of the metal-VO2-Si structures, on both p-type and n-type silicon, with vanadium dioxide films obtained by an acetylacetonate sol-gel method, are studied. The switching effect is shown to be…

Photonic Random-Access Memories (P-RAM) are an essential component for the on-chip non-von Neumann photonic computing by eliminating optoelectronic conversion losses in data links. Emerging Phase Change Materials (PCMs) have been showed…

A new genre of Spin-Transfer Torque (STT) MRAM is proposed, in which bi-directional writing is achieved using thermoelectrically controlled magnonic current as an alternative to conventional electric current. The device uses a magnetic…

Materials Science · Physics 2011-08-12 Niladri N. Mojumder , Kaushik Roy , David W. Abraham

We propose non-volatile memory (NVM) designs based on Piezoelectric Strain FET (PeFET) utilizing a piezoelectric/ferroelectric (PE/FE such as PZT) coupled with 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenide (2D-TMD such as MoS2) transistor. The…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2023-06-07 Niharika Thakuria , Reena Elangovan , Anand Raghunathan , Sumeet K. Gupta

Rotating the magnetization of a magnetostrictive nanomagnet with electrically generated mechanical strain dissipates miniscule amount of energy compared to any other rotation method and would have been the ideal method to write bits in…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-07-09 Ayan K. Biswas , Supriyo Bandyopadhyay , Jayasimha Atulasimha

Current induced spin-orbit torques driven by the conventional spin Hall effect are widely used to manipulate the magnetization. This approach, however, is nondeterministic and inefficient for the switching of magnets with perpendicular…

We propose a two terminal nanomagnetic memory element based on magnetization reversal of a perpendicularly magnetized nanomagnet employing a unipolar voltage pulse that modifies the perpendicular anisotropy of the system. Our work…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-06-04 Dhritiman Bhattacharya , Jayasimha Atulasimha

Two-dimensional materials have been discovered to exhibit non-volatile resistive switching (NVRS) phenomenon. In our work, we reported the universal NVRS behavior in a dozen metal dichalcogenides, featuring low switching voltage, large…

Electrical readout of magnetic states is a key to realize novel spintronics devices for efficient computing and data storage. Unidirectional magnetoresistance (UMR) in bilayer systems, consisting of a spin source material and a magnetic…

This application note discusses the working principle of spin-transfer torque magnetoresistive random access memory (STT-MRAM) and the impact that magnetic fields can have on STT-MRAM operation. Sources of magnetic field and typical…

Recently, an associative memory operation by a virtual oscillator network, consisting of a single spintronic oscillator, was examined to solve issues in conventional, real oscillators-based neural networks such as inhomogeneities between…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-04-10 Tomohiro Taniguchi , Yusuke Imai