ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
5 years ago

Electric Field Manipulated Multilevel Magnetic States Storage in FePt/(011) PMN-PT Heterostructure

Electric Field Manipulated Multilevel Magnetic States Storage in FePt/(011) PMN-PT Heterostructure
Youwei Du, Bo Yang, Qingqi Cao, Zhenghong Qian, Huachen Zhu, Dunhui Wang, Xiaoyu Zhao, Jiahong Wen
In the current information society, the realization of a magnetic storage technique with energy-efficient design and high storage density is greatly desirable. Here, we demonstrate that, without bias magnetic field, different values of remanent magnetization (Mr) can be obtained in a FePt/0.7Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.3PbTiO3 (PMN-PT) heterostructure by applying a unipolar electric field across the substrate. These multilevel magnetic signals can serve as writing data bits in a storage device, which remarkably increases the storage density. As for the data reading, these multilevel Mr values can be read nondestructively and distinguishably using a commercial giant magnetoresistance magnetic sensor by converting the magnetic signal to voltage signal. Furthermore, these multilevel voltage signals show good retention and switching property, which enables promising applications in electric-writing magnetic-reading memory devices with low power consumption and high storage density.

Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b11015

DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b11015

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