Non-volatile voltage control of magnetization and magnetic domain walls in magnetostrictive epitaxial thin films

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Non-volatile voltage control of magnetization and magnetic domain walls in magnetostrictive epitaxial thin films
المؤلفون: Parkes, D. E., Cavill, S. A., Hindmarch, A. T., Wadley, P., McGee, F., Staddon, C. R., Edmonds, K. W., Campion, R. P., Gallagher, B. L., Rushforth, A. W.
المصدر: Applied Physics Letters 101, 072402 (2012)
سنة النشر: 2012
المجموعة: Condensed Matter
مصطلحات موضوعية: Condensed Matter - Materials Science, Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
الوصف: We demonstrate reproducible voltage induced non-volatile switching of the magnetization in an epitaxial thin Fe81Ga19 film. Switching is induced at room temperature and without the aid of an external magnetic field. This is achieved by the modification of the magnetic anisotropy by mechanical strain induced by a piezoelectric transducer attached to the layer. Epitaxial Fe81Ga19 is shown to possess the favourable combination of cubic magnetic anisotropy and large magnetostriction necessary to achieve this functionality with experimentally accessible levels of strain. The switching of the magnetization proceeds by the motion of magnetic domain walls, also controlled by the voltage induced strain.
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1063/1.4745789
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/1208.3567
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.1208.3567
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv