Power dissipation in spintronic devices out of thermodynamic equilibrium

Details Power dissipation in spintronic devices out of thermodynamic equilibrium Power dissipation in spintronic devices out of thermodynamic equilibrium

2006-05-11

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0605298v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

31 pages, 7 figures

Scientific paper

Quantum limits of power dissipation in spintronic computing are estimated. A computing element composed of a single electron in a quantum dot is considered. Dynamics of its spin due to external magnetic field and interaction with adjacent dots is described via the Bloch equations. Spin relaxation due to magnetic noise from various sources is described as coupling to a reservoir. Resulting dissipation of energy is calculated and is shown to be much less than the thermal limit, ~kT per bit, if the rate of spin relaxation is much slower than the switching rate. Clues on how to engineer an energy efficient spintronic device are provided.

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