A majority gate with chiral magnetic solitonsShow others and affiliations
2018 (English)In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, ISSN 0953-8984, E-ISSN 1361-648X, Vol. 30, no 37, article id 375801Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
In magnetic materials, nontrivial spin textures may emerge due to the competition among different types of magnetic interactions. Among such spin textures, chiral magnetic solitons represent topologically protected spin configurations with particle-like properties. Based on atomistic spin dynamics simulations, we demonstrate that these chiral magnetic solitons are ideal to use for logical operations, and we demonstrate the functionality of a three- input majority gate, in which the input states can be controlled by applying an external electromagnetic field or spin-polarized currents. One of the main advantages of the proposed device is that the input and output signals are encoded in the chirality of solitons, that may be moved, allowing to perform logical operations using only minute electric currents. As an example we illustrate how the three input majority gate can be used to perform logical relations, such as Boolean AND and OR.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
IOP Publishing , 2018. Vol. 30, no 37, article id 375801
Keywords [en]
magnonics, majority gate, solitons, spin dynamics, magnetic nanodevices
National Category
Condensed Matter Physics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-68752DOI: 10.1088/1361-648X/aad82fISI: 000442630600001PubMedID: 30079893OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-68752DiVA, id: diva2:1246894
Funder
Swedish Research Council
Note
Funding Agencies:
KAW foundation 2013.0020 2012.0031
eSSENCE
CEA Enhanced Eurotalents program
Russian Science Foundation 17-12-01359
imecs Industrial Affiliation Program on Beyond CMOS devices
2018-09-102018-09-102018-09-10Bibliographically approved