Electric field control of magnetic states in isolated and dipole-coupled FeGa nanomagnets delineated on a PMN-PT substrate

Abstract

We report observation of a "non-volatile" converse magneto-electric effect in elliptical FeGa nanomagnets delineated on a piezoelectric PMN-PT substrate. The nanomagnets are initially magnetized with a magnetic field directed along their nominal major axis and subsequent application of an electric field across the substrate generates strain in the substrate, which is partially transferred to the nanomagnets and rotates the magnetizations of some of them to metastable orientations. There they remain after the field is removed, resulting in "non-volatility". In isolated nanomagnets, the angular separation between the initial and final magnetization directions is < 90 deg, but in a dipole-coupled pair consisting of one "hard" and one "soft" nanomagnet, the soft nanomagnet's magnetization is rotated by > 90 deg from the initial orientation because of the dipole influence of the hard nanomagnet. These effects can be utilized for ultra-energy-efficient logic and memory devices.

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