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most citedField-Free Spin-Orbit Torque driven Switching of Perpendicular Magnetic Tunnel Junction through Bending Current

40 citations · 196 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

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13 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023

A quantum sensing metrology for magnetic memories

Vicent J Borràs, Robert Carpenter, Liza Žaper +5

Magnetic random access memory (MRAM) is a leading emergent memory technology that is poised to replace current non-volatile memory technologies such as eFlash. However, the scaling…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023★ 40 cited

Field-Free Spin-Orbit Torque driven Switching of Perpendicular Magnetic Tunnel Junction through Bending Current

Vaishnavi Kateel, Viola Krizakova, Siddharth Rao +10

Current-induced spin-orbit torques (SOTs) enable fast and efficient manipulation of the magnetic state of magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs), making it attractive for memory, in-memo…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022★ 21 cited

Tailoring the switching efficiency of magnetic tunnel junctions by the fieldlike spin-orbit torque

Viola Krizakova, Marco Hoffmann, Vaishnavi Kateel +5

Current-induced spin-orbit torques provide a versatile tool for switching magnetic devices. In perpendicular magnets, the dampinglike component of the torque is the main driver of…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 9 cited

Spin-torque induced wall motion in perpendicularly magnetized discs: ballistic versus oscillatory behavior

Paul Bouquin, Joo-Von Kim, Olivier Bultynck +4

We use time-resolved measurement and modeling to study the spin-torque induced motion of a domain wall in perpendicular anisotropy magnets. In disc of diameters between 70 and 100…

cs.ET2020★ 18 cited

Impact of Magnetic Coupling and Density on STT-MRAM Performance

Lizhou Wu, Siddharth Rao, Mottaqiallah Taouil +3

As a unique mechanism for MRAMs, magnetic coupling needs to be accounted for when designing memory arrays. This paper models both intra- and inter-cell magnetic coupling analytical…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 10 cited

Stochastic processes in magnetization reversal involving domain wall motion in magnetic memory elements

Paul Bouquin, Joo-Von Kim, Olivier Bultynck +4

We show experimentally through time-resolved conductance measurements that magnetization reversal through domain wall motion in sub-100 nm diameter magnetic tunnel junctions is dom…

cs.ET2020★ 16 cited

Survey on STT-MRAM Testing: Failure Mechanisms, Fault Models, and Tests

Lizhou Wu, Mottaqiallah Taouil, Siddharth Rao +2

As one of the most promising emerging non-volatile memory (NVM) technologies, spin-transfer torque magnetic random access memory (STT-MRAM) has attracted significant research atten…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019

Effect of Tantalum spacer thickness and deposition conditions on the properties of MgO/CoFeB/Ta/CoFeB/MgO free layers

T. Devolder, S. Couet, J. Swerts +3

To get stable perpendicularly magnetized tunnel junctions at small device dimensions, composite free layers that comprise two MgO/FeCoB interfaces as sources of interface anisotrop…

cond-mat.mes-hall2018★ 35 cited

Size dependence of spin-torque switching in perpendicular magnetic tunnel junctions

Paul Bouquin, Siddharth Rao, Gouri Sankar Kar +1

We simulate the spin torque-induced reversal of the magnetization in thin disks with perpendicular anisotropy at zero temperature. Disks typically smaller than 20 nm in diameter ex…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017★ 35 cited

Material developments and domain wall based nanosecond-scale switching process in perpendicularly magnetized STT-MRAM cells

Thibaut Devolder, Joo-Von Kim, J. Swerts +6

We investigate the Gilbert damping and the magnetization switching of perpendicularly magnetized FeCoB-based free layers embedded in tunnel junctions adequate for spin-torque opera…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015

Time-resolved imaging of pulse-induced magnetization reversal with a microwave assist field

Siddharth Rao, Jan Rhensius, Andre Bisig +5

The reversal of the magnetization under the influence of a field pulse has been previously predicted to be an incoherent process with several competing phenomena such as domain wal…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2014★ 3 cited

Spin wave non-reciprocity and beating in permalloy by time-resolved magneto-optical Kerr effect

Siddharth Rao, Jungbum Yoon, Jan Rhensius +2

We have studied the propagation characteristics of spin wave modes in a permalloy stripe by time-resolved magneto-optical Kerr effect techniques. We observe a beating interference…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2014★ 9 cited

Electrical detection of microwave assisted magnetization reversal by spin pumping

Siddharth Rao, Sankha Subhra Mukherjee, Mehrdad Elyasi +2

Microwave assisted magnetization reversal has been investigated in a bilayer system of Pt/ferromagnet by detecting a change in the polarity of the spin pumping signal. The reversal…