Xuan Hu;Benjamin W. Walker;Felipe García-Sánchez;Alexander J. Edwards;Peng Zhou;Jean Anne C. Incorvia;Alexandru Paler;Michael P. Frank;Joseph S. Friedman
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Abstract
Magnetic skyrmions are nanoscale whirls of magnetism that can be propagated with electrical currents. The repulsion between skyrmions inspires their use for reversible computing based on the elastic billiard ball collisions proposed for conservative logic in 1982. In this letter, we evaluate the logical and physical reversibility of this skyrmion logic paradigm, as well as the limitations that must be addressed before dissipation-free computation can be realized.
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IEEE Magnetics Letters is a peer-reviewed, archival journal covering the physics and engineering of magnetism, magnetic materials, applied magnetics, design and application of magnetic devices, bio-magnetics, magneto-electronics, and spin electronics. IEEE Magnetics Letters publishes short, scholarly articles of substantial current interest.
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