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- Khymyn, Roman, et al.
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Ultra-fast artificial neuron: generation of picosecond-duration spikes in a current-driven antiferromagnetic auto-oscillator
- 2018
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Ingår i: Scientific Reports. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 2045-2322. ; 8
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We demonstrate analytically and numerically, that a thin film of an antiferromagnetic (AFM) material, having biaxial magnetic anisotropy and being driven by an external spin-transfer torque signal, can be used for the generation of ultra-short "Dirac-delta-like" spikes. The duration of the generated spikes is several picoseconds for typical AFM materials and is determined by the inplane magnetic anisotropy and the effective damping of the AFM material. The generated output signal can consist of a single spike or a discrete group of spikes ("bursting"), which depends on the repetition (clock) rate, amplitude, and shape of the external control signal. The spike generation occurs only when the amplitude of the control signal exceeds a certain threshold, similar to the action of a biological neuron in response to an external stimulus. The "threshold" behavior of the proposed AFM spike generator makes possible its application not only in the traditional microwave signal processing but also in the future neuromorphic signal processing circuits working at clock frequencies of tens of gigahertz.
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- Sulymenko, O., et al.
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Ultra-fast logic devices using artificial "neurons" based on antiferromagnetic pulse generators
- 2018
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Ingår i: Journal of Applied Physics. - : AIP Publishing. - 0021-8979 .- 1089-7550. ; 124:15
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- It has been shown previously that spin-Hall oscillators based on current-driven bi-layered film structures containing an antiferromagnet (AFM) and a normal metal can generate ultra-short (similar to 2 ps) "spike-like" pulses in response to an external current stimulus of a sufficient amplitude, thus operating as ultra-fast artificial "neurons." Here, we report the results of numerical simulations demonstrating that a single AFM "neuron" can perform the logic functions of OR, AND, MAJORITY, or Q-gates, while a circuit consisting of a small number n < 5 of AFM "neurons" can function as a FULL-ADDER or as a dynamic memory loop with variable clock frequency. The clock frequencies of such AFM-based logic devices could reach tens of GHz, which make them promising as base elements of future ultra-fast high-efficiency neuromorphic computing. Published by AIP Publishing.
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