Published in:
Applied Physics Letters 92,19 (2008) 192501 1-3;
Link to original published article:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2917481
Abstract
We report a nonvolatile hybrid multiferroic memory cell with electrostatic control of magnetization based on strain-coupled GaMnAs ferromagnetic semiconductor and a piezoelectric material. We use the crystalline anisotropy of GaMnAs to store information in the orientation of the magnetization along one of the two easy axes, which is monitored via transverse anisotropic magnetoresistance. The magnetization orientation is switched by applying voltage to the piezoelectric material and tuning magnetic anisotropy of GaMnAs via the resulting stress field. (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics.
Keywords
Physics, Applied
Date of this Version
January 2008