Low energy magnetic domain wall logic in short, narrow, ferromagnetic wires

IEEE Magnetics Letters

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Currivan, Jean Anne ^a,b   Jang, Youngman ^b   Mascaro, Mark D ^b   Baldo, Marc A ^b   Ross, Caroline A ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domain wall; Magnetic logic; Magneto electronics; Spin electronics

Indexed keywords

CURRENT-DRIVEN; DOMAIN WALL MOTION; FERROMAGNETIC WIRES; FULL ADDERS; LOW ENERGIES; MAGNETIC LOGIC; MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION; REGISTER CIRCUIT; SINGLE DOMAIN WALL; SPIN ELECTRONIC; SWITCHING ENERGY; UNIVERSAL LOGIC;

CIRCUIT SIMULATION; DOMAIN WALLS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; SHIFT REGISTERS; WIRE;

ENGINEERING EXHIBITIONS;

EID: 84859735352     PISSN: 1949307X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMAG.2012.2188621     Document Type: Article

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