Abstract
A numerical thermal stability study of the bit-encoding states in a proposed multi-level magnetic storage element based on an ultrathin ferromagnetic nanoring is presented. The material parameters and the ring dimensions for which there are five distinct metastable magnetization configurations separated by energy barriers exceeding 50kBT at room temperature are identified. The results are obtained, using the string method for the study of rare events to locate the transition states separating the metastable states and to identify the most likely thermally activated pathways.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 17D118 |
Journal | Journal of Applied Physics |
Volume | 117 |
Issue number | 17 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 7 2015 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Physics and Astronomy