journal article·2026-06-27Open access

Radiation Resilient Synthetic Antiferromagnets‐Based Neuromorphic Device for Sea Surface Temperature Reconstruction

Mingxu Song, Jiahao Liu, Ruisheng Hu, Teng Xu, Aihua Tang, Zhihong Zhu

Abstract

ABSTRACT Reconstruction of sea surface temperature is critical for marine monitoring, yet conventional edge devices based on complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) technology suffer from memory‐wall bottlenecks and radiation vulnerability in harsh marine environments. Here, we propose a neuromorphic computing framework based on radiation‐tolerant synthetic antiferromagnetic (SAF) synaptic devices through physical–algorithmic co‐design to achieve robust sea surface temperature reconstruction. The fabricated Ta/Ir/Fe 0.65 Tb 0.35 /Ru/Co/Pt/Ta‐based SAF devices enable field‐free magnetization switching via spin–orbit torque, exhibiting multilevel conductance states that naturally emulate synaptic and neuronal functions. Notably, these devices retain over 92% of their performance after 1 Mrad (Si) γ‐irradiation, demonstrating inherent radiation tolerance arising from strong antiferromagnetic exchange coupling. By mapping the nonlinear conductance response of SAF onto the cross‐attention mechanism of a Perceiver IO architecture, we achieve accurate reconstruction of sea surface temperature fields from sparse sensor inputs. On the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration dataset, our system attains a root‐mean‐square error below 2°C—competitive with deep learning baselines—while projections indicate a potential reduction in energy consumption by an order of magnitude. This work not only advances the application of neuromorphic computing in marine science, but also provides a promising pathway toward “environmentally adaptive intelligent computing”.
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Research context

OpenAlex topics: Magnetic properties of thin films · Advanced Memory and Neural Computing · Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing

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Affiliations

College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies National University of Defense Technology Changsha China

Nanhu Laser Laboratory National University of Defense Technology Changsha China

College of Meteorology and Oceanography National University of Defense Technology Changsha China

Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Low‐Energy Quantum Materials and Devices High Magnetic Field Laboratory Hefei Institutes of Physical Science Chinese Academy of Sciences Hefei China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China · Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province

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