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In the last decade, nanoscale resistive devices with memory have been the subject of intense study because of their possible use in brain-inspired computing. However, operational endurance is one of the limiting factors in the adoption of…

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Analog crossbar arrays consisting of emerging memory devices can greatly alleviate the computational strain required by vector matrix multiplications for neural network applications. The ability to produce spin orbit torque-magnetic…

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Spin-transfer torque (STT) effects on the stationary forced response of nanoscale ferromagnets subject to thermal fluctuations and driven by an ac magnetic field of arbitrary strength and direction are investigated via a generic nanopillar…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-12 D. J. Byrne , W. T. Coffey , Y. P. Kalmykov , S. V. Titov , J. E. Wegrowe

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)…

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Magnetic thin films with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) have localized excitations that correspond to reversed dynamically precessing magnetic moments, known as magnetic droplet solitons. Fundamentally, these excitations are…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-04-08 Ferran Macià , Dirk Backes , Andrew D. Kent

Combining spin-orbit (SOT) and spin-transfer torques (STT) provides a practical approach for field-free switching in spin-orbit torque magnetic random-access memory (SOT-MRAM), a prerequisite for industrial deployment, but can compromise…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-27 Kuldeep Ray , Jérémie Vigier , Sylvain Martin , Chloé Bouard , Nicolas Lefoulon , Marc Drouard , Gilles Gaudin

We study the spectral characteristics of spin current nano-oscillators based on the Pt/[Co/Ni] magnetic multilayer with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. By varying the applied magnetic field and current, both localized and propagating…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-04-02 Ronghua Liu , WengLee Lim , Sergei Urazhdin

Nanodots with magnetic vortices have many potential applications, such as magnetic memories (VRAMs) and spin transfer nano-oscillators (STNOs). Adding a perpendicular anisotropy term to the magnetic energy of the nanodot it becomes possible…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-28 E. R. P. Novais , P. Landeros , A. G. S. Barbosa , M. D. Martins , F. Garcia , A. P. Guimarães

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

The role of universal memory can be successfully satisfied by magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) where the writing mechanism is based on spin-transfer torque (STT). An improvement in the switching properties (lower switching current density…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-07-04 Riccardo Tomasello , Vito Puliafito , Bruno Azzerboni , Giovanni Finocchio

The magnetization dynamics in nanostructures has been extensively studied in the last decades, and nanomagnetism has evolved significantly over that time, discovering new effects, developing numerous applications, and identifying promising…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-10-03 Mateusz Zelent , Mathieu Moalic , Olav Hellwig , Anjan Barman , Maciej Krawczyk

We present a theoretical and numerical investigation of the role of perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) in shaping spin-wave (SW) dynamics under low magnetic fields in thin and ultrathin magnetic films. PMA introduces an in-plane torque…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-29 Nikodem Leśniewski , Yuliya S. Dadoenkova , Florian F. L. Bentivegna , Paweł Gruszecki

We demonstrate a scalable new ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) technique based on the spin-orbit interaction. An alternating current drives FMR in uniform ferromagnetic structures patterned from the dilute magnetic semiconductors (Ga,Mn)As and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 D. Fang , H. Kurebayashi , J. Wunderlich , K. Vyborny , L. P. Zarbo , R. P. Campion , A. Casiraghi , B. L. Gallagher , T. Jungwirth , A. J. Ferguson

We investigated the performance of spin transfer torque random access memory (STT-RAM) cell with cross shaped Heusler compound based free layer using micromagnetic simulations. We designed the free layer using Cobalt based Heusler…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2014-01-28 Tangudu Bharat Kumar , Bhaskar Awadhiya , E. MeherAbhinav , Bahniman Ghosh , Bhupesh Bishnoi

It has been demonstrated that the switching of perpendicular magnetization can be achieved with spin orbit torque (SOT) at an ultrafast speed and low energy consumption. However, to make the switching deterministic, an undesirable magnetic…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-07-24 Zhaohao Wang , Zuwei Li , Min Wang , Bi Wu , Daoqian Zhu , Weisheng Zhao

We theoretically investigate quantum transport through single-molecule magnet (SMM) junctions with ferromagnetic and normal-metal leads in the sequential regime. The current obtained by means of the rate-equation gives rise to the tunneling…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 Haiqing Xie , Qiang Wang , Hujun Jiao , J. -Q. Liang

Magnetic random access memory (MRAM) is a leading emergent memory technology that is poised to replace current non-volatile memory technologies such as eFlash. However, the scaling of MRAM technologies is heavily affected by…

We present a new type of temperature driven spin reorientation transition (SRT) in thin films. It can occur when the lattice and the shape anisotropy favor different easy directions of the magnetization. Due to different temperature…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Koermann , S. Schwieger , J. Kienert , W. Nolting

Micromagnetic simulation is carried out to investigate the current-driven domain wall (DW) in a nanowire with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA). A stepped nanowire is proposed to pin DW and achieve high information storage capacity…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-07-19 S. Al Risi , R. Sbiaa , M. Al Bahri

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…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-02 K. Fan , S. V. Beek , G. Talmelli , V. Kateel , D. Giuliano , B. Vermeulen , K. Cai , B. Sorée , J. D. Boeck , R. Carpenter , S. Rao , S. Couet , V. D. Nguyen , G. S. Kar