A spin wave diode

TL;DR

This paper proposes a theoretical design for a reprogrammable spin wave diode using magnetic domain walls and surface anisotropy, demonstrating its potential for energy-efficient, hardware-reprogrammable spin wave computing.

Contribution

It introduces a scalable, reprogrammable pure spin wave logic architecture and demonstrates a spin wave diode utilizing chiral bound states in magnetic domain walls.

Findings

Design principle of a spin wave diode demonstrated theoretically.

Performance confirmed through micromagnetic simulations.

Potential for energy-efficient, reprogrammable spin wave logic devices.

Abstract

A diode, a device allowing unidirectional signal transmission, is a fundamental element of logic structures and lies in the heart of modern information systems. Spin wave or magnon, representing a collective quasi-particle excitation of the magnetic order in magnetic materials, is a promising candidate of information carrier for the next generation energy-saving technologies. Here we propose a scalable and reprogrammable pure spin wave logic hardware architecture using domain walls and surface anisotropy stripes as waveguides on a single magnetic wafer. We demonstrate theoretically the design principle of the simplest logic component, a spin wave diode, utilizing the chiral bound states in a magnetic domain wall with Dzyaloshiskii-Moriya interaction, and confirm its performance through micromagnetic simulations. Our findings open a new vista for realizing different types of pure spin wave logic components and finally achieving an energy-efficient and hardware-reprogrammable spin wave computer.