Communication between magnetic tunnel junctions using spin-polarized current for logic applications

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2216-2219

  Lyle, Andrew ^a   Yao, Xiaofeng ^a   Ebrahimi, Farbod ^a   Harms, Jonathan ^a   Wang, Jian Ping ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic logic; Micromagnetic simulation; Nanochannel; Spin logic; Spin torque transfer; Spin polarized current

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER CIRCUITS; DOMAIN WALLS; MAGNETIC LOGIC DEVICES; MAGNETISM; SPIN POLARIZATION; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

MAGNETIC LOGIC; MICROMAGNETIC SIMULATIONS; NANO CHANNELS; SPIN LOGIC; SPIN POLARIZED CURRENTS; SPIN TORQUE TRANSFER;

MAGNETIC DEVICES;

EID: 77952809298     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2010.2045355     Document Type: Article

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