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Area of Science:

  • Spintronics
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Nanotechnology

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  • Magnetic skyrmions are nanoscale spin textures with potential for data storage.
  • A major challenge is the lack of devices for deterministic electrical readout of individual skyrmions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate a wafer-scale realization of a nanoscale chiral magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) capable of hosting and reading single ambient skyrmions.
  • To enable deterministic electrical writing and deletion of skyrmions with significantly reduced energy consumption.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of nanoscale chiral magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) on a wafer scale.
  • Utilized electrical and multimodal imaging techniques for skyrmion characterization.
  • Investigated complementary nucleation mechanisms for skyrmion stabilization.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated deterministic nucleation of single skyrmions with fixed polarity in the MTJ.
  • Achieved a large readout signal (20-70%) correlating with skyrmion size.
  • Realized three non-volatile electrical states by stabilizing distinctly sized skyrmions at zero field.
  • Showcased electrical writing and deletion of skyrmions with 1,000x lower switching energies than state-of-the-art.

Conclusions:

  • The developed MTJ platform provides a robust backbone for all-electrical skyrmionic device architectures.
  • Wafer-scale realization facilitates harnessing skyrmions for multibit memory and unconventional computing.
  • The device enables deterministic bidirectional switching through voltage-controlled modification of switching energetics and kinetics.