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Voltage-driven charge-mediated fast 180 degree magnetization switching in nanoheterostructure at room temperature

Yi, Min ; Zhang, Hongbin ; Xu, Bai-Xiang (2017)
Voltage-driven charge-mediated fast 180 degree magnetization switching in nanoheterostructure at room temperature.
In: npj Computational Materials, 2017, 3 (1)
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Item Type: Article
Type of entry: Secondary publication
Title: Voltage-driven charge-mediated fast 180 degree magnetization switching in nanoheterostructure at room temperature
Language: English
Date: 2017
Place of Publication: Darmstadt
Year of primary publication: 2017
Publisher: Nature
Journal or Publication Title: npj Computational Materials
Volume of the journal: 3
Issue Number: 1
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Origin: Secondary publication via sponsored Golden Open Access
Abstract:

Voltage-driven 180° magnetization switching without electric current provides the possibility for revolutionizing the spintronics. We demonstrated the voltage-driven charge-mediated 180° magnetization switching at room temperature by combining first-principles calculations and temperature-dependent magnetization dynamics simulation. The electric field (E)-induced interface charge is found to allow a giant modulation of the magnetic anisotropy (K) of the nanomagnet. Particularly K is revealed to vary linearly with respect to E and the epitaxial strain. Magnetization dynamics simulations using the so-obtained K show that both in-plane and perpendicular 180° switching can be achieved by E pulses. The temperature effect renders the 180° switching as probability events. Statistical analysis indicates a fast (around 4 ns) and low-error-probability 180° switching achievable at room temperature by controlling the magnitude of E and the pulse width. The study inspires the rational design of miniaturized nanoscale spintronic devices where thermal fluctuation has a great impact.

Status: Publisher's Version
URN: urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-69237
Classification DDC: 600 Technology, medicine, applied sciences > 620 Engineering and machine engineering
Divisions: 11 Department of Materials and Earth Sciences > Material Science > Mechanics of functional Materials
Date Deposited: 01 Nov 2017 13:46
Last Modified: 13 Dec 2022 11:36
URI: https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/id/eprint/6923
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