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Reconfigurable Boolean Logic Using Magnetic Single-Electron Transistors

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  • M Fernando Gonzalez-Zalba
  • Chiara Ciccarelli
  • Liviu P Zarbo
  • Andrew C Irvine
  • Richard C Campion
  • Bryan L Gallagher
  • Tomas Jungwirth
  • Andrew J Ferguson
  • Joerg Wunderlich

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We propose a novel hybrid single-electron device for reprogrammable low-power logic operations, the magnetic single-electron transistor (MSET). The device consists of an aluminium single-electron transistor with a GaMnAs magnetic back-gate. Changing between different logic gate functions is realized by reorienting the magnetic moments of the magnetic layer, which induces a voltage shift on the Coulomb blockade oscillations of the MSET. We show that we can arbitrarily reprogram the function of the device from an n-type SET for in-plane magnetization of the GaMnAs layer to p-type SET for out-of-plane magnetization orientation. Moreover, we demonstrate a set of reprogrammable Boolean gates and its logical complement at the single device level. Finally, we propose two sets of reconfigurable binary gates using combinations of two MSETs in a pull-down network.

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  • M Fernando Gonzalez-Zalba & Chiara Ciccarelli & Liviu P Zarbo & Andrew C Irvine & Richard C Campion & Bryan L Gallagher & Tomas Jungwirth & Andrew J Ferguson & Joerg Wunderlich, 2015. "Reconfigurable Boolean Logic Using Magnetic Single-Electron Transistors," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(4), pages 1-8, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0125142
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125142
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