摘要:
A magnetoelectric composition of boron and chromia is provided. The boron and chromia alloy can contain boron doping of 1%-10% in place of the oxygen in the chromia. The boron-doped chromia exhibits an increased critical temperature while maintaining magnetoelectric characteristics. The composition can be fabricated by depositing chromia in the presence of borane. The boron substitutes oxygen in the chromia, enhancing the exchange energy and thereby increasing Néel temperature.
摘要:
A magnetic logic cell includes a first electrode portion, a magnetic portion arranged on the first electrode, the magnetic portion including an anti-ferromagnetic material or a ferrimagnetic material, a dielectric portion arranged on the magnetic portion, and a second electrode portion arranged on the dielectric portion.
摘要:
An information storage medium with an array of laterally magnetised dots, as well as a process for producing this medium. Each dot (2) contains at least one magnetic domain formed by a thin layer (4) of at least a magnetic material laterally covering this flat material and deposited at oblique incidence relative to the normal (z) to the plane (6) of the array. The invention applies in particular to computer hard drives.
摘要:
THIN FILMS OF ION-RHODIUM EXHIBITING A BROADLY HYSTERIC FIRST ORDER TRANSISTION BETWEEN THE FERROMAGNETIC AND ANTIFERROMAGNETIC STATES ARE PRODUCED BY SEQUENTIALLY DEPOSITING IRON AND RHODIUM FILMS UPON A REFRACTORY SUBSTRATE AT A PRESSURE IN THE RANGE OF 1X10**-6 TORR, ANNEALING THE STRUCTURE IN A VACUUM OF 1X10**-6 TORR AT A TEMPERATURE OF APPROXIMATELY 700* C. FOR 1 HOUR TO PRODUCE A COMPLETE DIFFUSION OF THE IRON AND RHODIUM LAYERS, AND SUBSEQUENTLY SUBJECTING THE DIFFUSED LAYERS TO A SECOND ANNEAL IN AN ATMOSPHERE GREATER THAN 10 PARTS PER MILLION OXYGEN IN A THERMAL CYCLE THAT INCLUDES SLOWLY HEATING THE STRUCTURE TO 400* C., MAINTAINING THE 400* C. FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES AND SLOWLY COOLING TO ROOM TEMPERATURE. FILMS THUS FORMED ARE ADVANTAGEOUSLY EMPOLYED IN THE RECORDING OF DIGITAL INFORMATION BY ELECTRON BEAM HEATING INDIVIDUAL REGIONS THROUGH A FIRST ORDER TRANSISTION TO THE FERROMAGNETIC STATE WHEREUPON THE REGIONS ARE PERMITTED TO COOL TO A BIASING TEMPERATURE SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THE TEMPERATURE OF TRANSISTION BACK TO AN ANTIFEROMAGNETIC STATE. A MAGNETIC FIELD THEN IS APPLIED TO THE ENTIRE FILM TO MAGNETIZE ONLY THOSE REGIONS OF THE FILM IN THE FERROMAGNETIC STATE AND READOUT OF THE RECORDED INFORMATION CAN BE ACHIEVED BY CONVENTIONAL ELECTRON BEAM MICROSCOPY. THE FERROMAGNETISM OF THE FILM SUBSEQUENTLY CAN BE ERASED BY COOLING THE FILM BELOW THE TRANSISTION TEMPERATURE TO THE ANTIFERROMAGNETIC STATE OR BY THE APPLICATION OF A STRAIN TO THE FILM.
摘要:
An antiferromagnetic nanostructure according to one embodiment includes an array of at least two antiferromagnetically coupled magnetic atoms having at least two magnetic states that are stable for at least one picosecond even in the absence of interaction with an external structure, the array having a net magnetic moment of zero or about zero, wherein the array has 100 atoms or less along a longest dimension thereof. An atomic-scale structure according to one embodiment has a net magnetic moment of zero or about zero; two or more stable magnetic states; and having an array of atoms that has magnetic moments that alternate between adjacent magnetic atoms along one or more directions. Such structures may be used to store data at ultra-high densities.
摘要:
An atomic-scale structure according to one embodiment has a net magnetic moment of zero or about zero, two or more stable magnetic states, and an array of atoms that has magnetic moments that alternate between adjacent magnetic atoms along one or more directions. Such structures may be used to store data at ultra-high densities. An antiferromagnetic nanostructure according to another embodiment includes multiple arrays each corresponding to a bit. Each array has at least eight antiferromagnetically coupled magnetic atoms. Each array has at least two readable magnetic states that are stable for at least one picosecond. Each array has a net magnetic moment of zero or about zero. No external stabilizing structure exerts influence over the arrays for stabilizing the arrays. Each array has 100 atoms or less along a longest dimension thereof.
摘要:
The invention relates to a magneto-electric spin-FET including a gate film of chromia and a thin film of a conductive channel material which may be graphene, InP, GaAs, GaSb, PbS, MoS2, WS2, MoSe2, WSe2 and mixtures thereof. The chromia, or other magneto-electric, and conduction channel material are in intimate contact along an interface there between. The resulting magneto-electric device may be voltage-controlled and provide non-volatile memory.
摘要:
An atomic-scale structure according to one embodiment has a net magnetic moment of zero or about zero, two or more stable magnetic states, and an array of atoms that has magnetic moments that alternate between adjacent magnetic atoms along one or more directions. Such structures may be used to store data at ultra-high densities. An antiferromagnetic nanostructure according to another embodiment includes multiple arrays each corresponding to a bit. Each array has at least eight antiferromagnetically coupled magnetic atoms. Each array has at least two readable magnetic states that are stable for at least one picosecond. Each array has a net magnetic moment of zero or about zero. No external stabilizing structure exerts influence over the arrays for stabilizing the arrays. Each array has 100 atoms or less along a longest dimension thereof.
摘要:
An antiferromagnetic nanostructure according to one embodiment includes an array of at least two antiferromagnetically coupled magnetic atoms having at least two magnetic states that are stable for at least one picosecond even in the absence of interaction with an external structure, the array having a net magnetic moment of zero or about zero, wherein the array has 100 atoms or less along a longest dimension thereof. An atomic-scale structure according to one embodiment has a net magnetic moment of zero or about zero; two or more stable magnetic states; and having an array of atoms that has magnetic moments that alternate between adjacent magnetic atoms along one or more directions. Such structures may be used to store data at ultra-high densities.
摘要:
The invention is embodied in a soft magnetic thin film article comprising an iron--chromium-nitrogen (Fe--Cr--N) based alloy and methods for making such article. The soft magnetic thin film article is formed using an iron--chromium--nitrogen based alloy with tantalum in one embodiment and with at least one of the elements titanium (Ti), zirconium (Zr), hafnium (Hf), vanadium (V), molybdenum (Mo), niobium (Nb) or tungsten (W) in another embodiment. The article is formed such that the alloy has a relatively high saturation magnetization (e.g., greater than approximately 15 kG) and a relatively low coercivity (e.g., less than approximately 2.0 oersteds) in an as-deposited condition or, alternatively, with a very low temperature treatment (e.g., below approximately 150.degree. C.). The inventive films are suitable for use in electromagnetic devices, for example, in microtransformer cores, inductor cores and in magnetic read-write heads.