Perpendicular-anisotropy artificial spin ice with spontaneous ordering: a platform for neuromorphic computing with flexible timescales

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Main Authors: Kurenkov, Aleksandr, Maes, Jonathan, Pac, Aleksandra, Macauley, Gavin Martin, Van Waeyenberge, Bartel, Hrabec, Aleš, Heyderman, Laura Jane
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Published: 2024
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author Kurenkov, Aleksandr
Maes, Jonathan
Pac, Aleksandra
Macauley, Gavin Martin
Van Waeyenberge, Bartel
Hrabec, Aleš
Heyderman, Laura Jane
author_facet Kurenkov, Aleksandr
Maes, Jonathan
Pac, Aleksandra
Macauley, Gavin Martin
Van Waeyenberge, Bartel
Hrabec, Aleš
Heyderman, Laura Jane
contents Arrays of coupled nanomagnets have wide-ranging fundamental and practical applications in artificial spin ices, neuromorphic computing and spintronics. However, lacking in these fields are nanomagnets with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy with sufficient magnetostatic interaction. This would not only open up new possibilities for artificial spin ice geometries but also enable novel coupling methods for applications. Here we demonstrate a method to engineer the energy landscape of artificial spin lattices with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. With this, we are able to realize for the first time magnetostatically-coupled 2D lattices of out-of-plane Ising spins that spontaneously order at room temperature on timescales that can be precisely engineered. We show how this property, together with straightforward electrical interfacing, make this system a promising platform for reservoir computing. Our results open the way to investigate the thermodynamics of out-of-plane magnetostatically coupled nanomagnet arrays with novel spin ice geometries, as well as to exploit such nanomagnet arrays in unconventional computing, taking advantage of the adjustable temporal dynamics and strong coupling between nanomagnets.
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spellingShingle Perpendicular-anisotropy artificial spin ice with spontaneous ordering: a platform for neuromorphic computing with flexible timescales
Kurenkov, Aleksandr
Maes, Jonathan
Pac, Aleksandra
Macauley, Gavin Martin
Van Waeyenberge, Bartel
Hrabec, Aleš
Heyderman, Laura Jane
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Computational Physics
Arrays of coupled nanomagnets have wide-ranging fundamental and practical applications in artificial spin ices, neuromorphic computing and spintronics. However, lacking in these fields are nanomagnets with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy with sufficient magnetostatic interaction. This would not only open up new possibilities for artificial spin ice geometries but also enable novel coupling methods for applications. Here we demonstrate a method to engineer the energy landscape of artificial spin lattices with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. With this, we are able to realize for the first time magnetostatically-coupled 2D lattices of out-of-plane Ising spins that spontaneously order at room temperature on timescales that can be precisely engineered. We show how this property, together with straightforward electrical interfacing, make this system a promising platform for reservoir computing. Our results open the way to investigate the thermodynamics of out-of-plane magnetostatically coupled nanomagnet arrays with novel spin ice geometries, as well as to exploit such nanomagnet arrays in unconventional computing, taking advantage of the adjustable temporal dynamics and strong coupling between nanomagnets.
title Perpendicular-anisotropy artificial spin ice with spontaneous ordering: a platform for neuromorphic computing with flexible timescales
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Computational Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.12182