A repulsive skyrmion chain as a guiding track for a racetrack memory
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Abstract
A skyrmion racetrack design is proposed that allows for thermally stable skyrmions to code information and dynamical pinning sites that move with the applied current. This concept solves the problem of intrinsic distributions of pinning times and pinning currents of skyrmions at static pinning sites due to geometrical constrictions or disordered film. The dynamical pinning sites are realized by a skyrmion carrying wire, where the skyrmion repulsion is used in order to keep the skyrmions at equal distances. The information is coded by an additional layer where the presence and absence of a skyrmion is used to code the information. The lowest energy barrier for a data loss is calculated to be ΔE = 55 kBT300 which is sufficient for a long time thermal stability.
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Research context
OpenAlex topics: Magnetic properties of thin films · Phase-change materials and chalcogenides · Shape Memory Alloy Transformations
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Affiliations
Doppler Laboratory “Advanced Magnetic Sensing and Materials,” University of Vienna 1 , Währinger Straße 17, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Physics of Functional Materials, University of Vienna 2 , Währinger Straße 17, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Funding
Austrian Science Fund · Vienna Science and Technology Fund
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