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Published in: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 7/2015

01-07-2015

Electronic control of magnonic and spintronic devices

Authors: C. Tannous, J. Gieraltowski

Published in: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics | Issue 7/2015

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Abstract

Nanometric magnonic and spintronic devices need magnetic field control in addition to conventional electronic control. In this work we review ways to replace magnetic field control by an electronic one in order to circumvent appearance of stray magnetic fields or the difficulty of creating large magnetic fields over nanometric distances. Voltage control is compared to current control and corresponding devices are compared from their energetic efficiency point of view.

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Metadata
Title
Electronic control of magnonic and spintronic devices
Authors
C. Tannous
J. Gieraltowski
Publication date
01-07-2015
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics / Issue 7/2015
Print ISSN: 0957-4522
Electronic ISSN: 1573-482X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-015-2751-7

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