Nanomagnet logic from partially irradiated Co/Pt nanomagnets

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-104

  Ju, Xueming ^a   Wartenburg, Stephanie ^a   Rezgani, Jamila ^a   Becherer, Markus ^a   Kiermaier, Josef ^a   Breitkreutz, Stephan ^a   Schmitt Landsiedel, Doris ^a   Porod, Wolfgang ^b   Lugli, Paolo ^a   Csaba, György ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferromagnetic logic; field coupling; MQCA; nanomagnet logic; nonvolatile memories

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC LOGIC; FIELD-COUPLING; MQCA; NANOMAGNET LOGIC; NONVOLATILE MEMORIES;

COMPUTATION THEORY; IRRADIATION; LOGIC CIRCUITS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; NANOMAGNETICS; NONVOLATILE STORAGE;

MAGNETIC LOGIC DEVICES;

EID: 84855670696     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2011.2157974     Document Type: Article

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