학술논문

Experimental Demonstration of a Josephson Magnetic Memory Cell With a Programmable $\pi$-Junction
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Magnetics Letters IEEE Magn. Lett. Magnetics Letters, IEEE. 9:1-5 2018
Subject
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Magnetic tunneling
Superconducting magnets
Josephson junctions
Junctions
Critical current density (superconductivity)
SQUIDs
Superconducting integrated circuits
Superconducting spintronics
Josephson magnetic random access memory
cryogenic memory
superconducting quantum interference devices
Language
ISSN
1949-307X
1949-3088
Abstract
We experimentally demonstrate the operation of a Josephson magnetic random access memory unit cell, built with a Ni$_{80}$ Fe $_{20}$/Cu/Ni pseudo-spin-valve Josephson junction with Nb electrodes and an integrated readout superconducting quantum interference device in a fully planarized Nb fabrication process. We show that the parallel and antiparallel memory states of the spin valve can be mapped onto a junction equilibrium phase of either zero or $\pi$ by appropriate choice of the ferromagnet thicknesses, and that the magnetic Josephson junction can be written to either a zero-junction or $\pi$-junction state by application of write fields of approximately 5 mT. This letter represents a first step toward a scalable, dense, and power-efficient cryogenic memory for superconducting high-performance digital computing.