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Optimizing the Geometry of Chiral Magnetic Logic Devices

Journal of Magnetics, Volume 25, Number 2, 30 Jun 2020, Pages 150-156
Geun-Hee Lee (Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Kab-Jin Kim * (Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Abstract
We investigated how geometry affects chiral magnetic logic devices, using micro-magnetic simulation. The logical
NOT gate in the device was operated by current-induced domain wall (DW) motion in perpendicularly
magnetized nanowires with a locally modulated in-plane magnetic anisotropy (IMA) region, where the up-down
DW is switched into a down-up DW by current. We modulated the width of the nanowires as well as the length
of the IMA region and found that an optimized geometry exists which depends on the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya
Interaction. Integrating the optimized NOT-gate, we then demonstrated NAND or NOR logic operations. Our
results provide design guidelines for the magnetic logic device, paving the way to functional magnetic logic-inmemory
devices.
Keywords: magnetic domain wall; magnetic logic; chiral magnetism
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4283/JMAG.2020.25.2.150
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