完全电动的磁性道连接
Shaohai Chen1, James Lourembam1, Pin Ho1
1Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore.
Nature
|March 21, 2024
概括
研究人员开发了一种纳米级磁道连接 (MTJ) 用于读取单独的磁性天体. 这一突破使得高效的低能写入和删除能够为先进的计算铺平道路.
科学领域:
- 机器人
- 凝聚物质物理学
- 纳米技术
背景情况:
- 磁性斯基米安是纳米级的旋转纹理,
- 一个主要的挑战是缺乏对单个skyrmions的决定性电气读数的设备.
研究的目的:
- 展示一个纳米级的奇拉磁道结 (MTJ) 的晶圆尺度实现,能够容纳和读取单个环境 skyrmions.
- 为了实现决定性的电写和删除skyrmions显著降低能源消耗.
主要方法:
- 在晶圆尺度上制造纳米级的奇拉磁道连接 (MTJ).
- 采用电气和多式成像技术进行形.
- 研究了用于skyrmion稳定的互补核化机制.
主要成果:
- 在MTJ中证明了固定极性单个 skyrmions 的决定性核.
- 获得了与 skyrmion 大小相关的大读数信号 (20-70%).
- 通过在零场稳定不同尺寸的天体, 实现了三种非挥发性的电态.
- 显示电写和删除的 skyrmions 与1000倍低的开关能量比最先进的.
结论:
- 开发的 MTJ 平台为全电 skyrmionic 设备架构提供了强大的骨干.
- 晶圆尺度实现方便了对多位内存和非传统计算的利用.
- 该装置通过电压控制的切换能量和动力学的修改来实现确定性的双向切换.
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