Towards magnonic devices based on voltage-controlled magnetic anisotropy

B Rana, YC Otani - Communications Physics, 2019 - nature.com
Despite significant technological advances in miniaturization and operational speed,
modern electronic devices suffer from unescapably increasing rates of Joule heating and …

Recent progress in the voltage-controlled magnetic anisotropy effect and the challenges faced in developing voltage-torque MRAM

T Nozaki, T Yamamoto, S Miwa, M Tsujikawa, M Shirai… - Micromachines, 2019 - mdpi.com
The electron spin degree of freedom can provide the functionality of “nonvolatility” in
electronic devices. For example, magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) is …

Large voltage-induced changes in the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy of an MgO-based tunnel junction with an ultrathin Fe layer

T Nozaki, A Kozioł-Rachwał, W Skowroński, V Zayets… - Physical Review …, 2016 - APS
We study the voltage control of perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in an ultrathin Fe layer
sandwiched between the Cr buffer and MgO tunneling barrier layers. A high-interface …

Rashba spin-orbit anisotropy and the electric field control of magnetism

SE Barnes, J Ieda, S Maekawa - Scientific reports, 2014 - nature.com
The control of the magnetism of ultra-thin ferromagnetic layers using an electric field, rather
than a current, has many potential technologically important applications. It is usually …

Comparative evaluation of spin-transfer-torque and magnetoelectric random access memory

S Wang, H Lee, F Ebrahimi, PK Amiri… - IEEE Journal on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Spin-transfer torque random access memory (STT-RAM), as a promising nonvolatile
memory technology, faces challenges of high write energy and low density. The recently …

First-principles study of the inversion thermodynamics and electronic structure of (thio)spinels (, Mn, Co, Ni; , S)

D Santos-Carballal, A Roldan, R Grau-Crespo… - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
Fe M 2 X 4 spinels, with the magnetite structure, where M is a transition metal and X is
oxygen or sulfur, are candidate materials for spin filters, one of the key devices in …

Voltage-controlled reconfigurable spin-wave nanochannels and logic devices

B Rana, YC Otani - Physical Review Applied, 2018 - APS
Propagating spin waves (SWs) promise to be a potential information carrier in future
spintronics devices with lower power consumption. Here, we propose reconfigurable …

Giant voltage modulation of magnetic anisotropy in strained heavy metal/magnet/insulator heterostructures

PV Ong, N Kioussis, D Odkhuu, P Khalili Amiri… - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
Ab initio electronic structure calculations reveal that epitaxial strain has a dramatic effect on
the voltage-controlled magnetic anisotropy (VCMA) in Ta/FeCo/MgO junctions. Strain can …

Underlayer material influence on electric-field controlled perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in CoFeB/MgO magnetic tunnel junctions

W Skowroński, T Nozaki, DD Lam, Y Shiota… - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
We study the dependence of the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy on the underlayer
material in magnetic tunnel junction. Using several different 4d and 5d metals we identify an …

Developments in voltage-controlled subnanosecond magnetization switching

T Yamamoto, R Matsumoto, T Nozaki… - Journal of Magnetism …, 2022 - Elsevier
We review the current status of research on magnetization switching that utilizes the voltage-
controlled magnetic anisotropy (VCMA) effect. In particular, we focus on the magnetization …