Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2011-05-09
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Manuscript submitted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology
Scientific paper
10.1109/TNANO.2011.2173587
Nanomagnets with biaxial magnetocrystalline anisotropy have four stable magnetization orientations that can encode 4-state logic bits (00), (01), (11) and (10). Recently, a 4-state NOR gate derived from three such nanomagnets, interacting via dipole interaction, was proposed. Here, we devise a Bennett clocking scheme to propagate 4-state logic bits unidirectionally between such gates. The nanomagnets are assumed to be made of 2-phase strain-coupled magnetostrictive/piezoelectric multiferroic elements, such as nickel and lead zirconate titanate (PZT). A small voltage of 200 mV applied across the piezoelectric layer can generate enough mechanical stress in the magnetostrictive layer to rotate its magnetization away from one of the four stable orientations and implement Bennett clocking. We show that a particular sequence of positive and negative voltages will propagate 4-state logic bits unidirectionally down a chain of such multiferroic nanomagnets for logic flow.
Atulasimha Jayasimha
Bandyopadhyay Supriyo
D'Souza Noel
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