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Nat Commun. 2016 Jan 12;7:10275. doi: 10.1038/ncomms10275.

Logic circuit prototypes for three-terminal magnetic tunnel junctions with mobile domain walls.

Nature communications

J A Currivan-Incorvia, S Siddiqui, S Dutta, E R Evarts, J Zhang, D Bono, C A Ross, M A Baldo

Affiliations

  1. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
  2. Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
  3. Physical Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA.
  4. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.

PMID: 26754412 PMCID: PMC4729928 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10275

Abstract

Spintronic computing promises superior energy efficiency and nonvolatility compared to conventional field-effect transistor logic. But, it has proven difficult to realize spintronic circuits with a versatile, scalable device design that is adaptable to emerging material physics. Here we present prototypes of a logic device that encode information in the position of a magnetic domain wall in a ferromagnetic wire. We show that a single three-terminal device can perform inverter and buffer operations. We demonstrate one device can drive two subsequent gates and logic propagation in a circuit of three inverters. This prototype demonstration shows that magnetic domain wall logic devices have the necessary characteristics for future computing, including nonlinearity, gain, cascadability, and room temperature operation.

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