{"title":"Novel Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Coil for Precise Deep Brain Location Stimulation","authors":"Zihan Tang;Tao Zhang;Shuang Zhang","doi":"10.1109/LMAG.2026.3663877","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMAG.2026.3663877","url":null,"abstract":"This letter presents an eccentric inverted-cone three-dimensional transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) coil to address the poor focusing ability and small effective stimulation depth in commercial TMS coils. The performance of the coil is compared with that of several commercial and theoretical coils via finite element modeling. Spherical head model simulations reveal that the coil outperforms existing coils in terms of focusing ability and effective stimulation depth. Furthermore, employing a dual-coil combination effectively enhances the maximum induced electric field strength and increases the focusing ability and effective stimulation depth of the signal.","PeriodicalId":13040,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Magnetics Letters","volume":"17 ","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147440675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study on Worst-Case Gradient Forces on Untethered Magnetic Devices Using Two Synchronized Rotating Magnetic Dipoles","authors":"Zhengya Zhang;Bohuan Lin;Anke Klingner;Guang Feng;Yanfei Liao;Jian Guo;Wei Xue;Fengping Li;Wujun Geng;Sarthak Misra;Islam S.M.Khalil","doi":"10.1109/LMAG.2026.3657287","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMAG.2026.3657287","url":null,"abstract":"Untethered magnetic devices (UMDs) hold significant clinical potential for removing blood clots. However, in the complex intravascular environment, their locomotion may be disturbed. Such disturbances can lead to variations in the magnetic gradient force exerted on the UMD, increasing the risk of vascular damage. Therefore, evaluating the magnetic gradient force acting on the UMD under worst-case conditions is essential for risk mitigation. In this letter, we a novel method to estimate the upper and lower bounds of the worst-case magnetic gradient force acting on the UMD, with actuation provided by two synchronized rotating magnetic dipoles. To assess the robustness of the algorithm, we conducted a Monte Carlo simulation in which the dipole directions of the two synchronized rotating magnetic dipoles and the dipole direction of the UMD were randomly varied 1 000 000 times in the three-dimensional space to simulate all possible scenarios that may be encountered by the UMD in intravascular environments. The simulation results indicate that the worst-case magnetic gradient force remains below the upper bound predicted by the algorithm, thereby validating its effectiveness.","PeriodicalId":13040,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Magnetics Letters","volume":"17 ","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146223702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kristen Booth;Aqarib Hussain;Jacob L. Jones;Todd C. Monson
{"title":"Self-Cooling Multiferroic Magnetic Devices","authors":"Kristen Booth;Aqarib Hussain;Jacob L. Jones;Todd C. Monson","doi":"10.1109/LMAG.2026.3657139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMAG.2026.3657139","url":null,"abstract":"Increasing switching frequency reduces magnetic volume, but conventional ferrites, used from tens to hundreds of kilohertz, cannot sustain the temperature and frequency ranges demanded by current and emerging wide bandgap and ultrawide bandgap devices. This work presents a novel magnetic material architecture combining nanocrystalline magnetic material and multiferroic layers for megahertz power conversion. The high saturation flux density of nanocrystalline alloys supports miniaturization but is traditionally constrained by excessive losses above 10 kHz. A revolutionary multiferroic material with solid-state cooling via caloric materials is defined that will enable the next generation of magnetic devices for wide-bandgap-integrated designs. This letter highlights the fundamental physics behind this capability alongside early development of a finite element analysis for the multiferroic-based magnetic device using ANSYS, showing that the core achieves more uniform thermal distribution and reduces peak temperature by 9 <inline-formula><tex-math>$^{circ }$</tex-math></inline-formula>C compared to conventional ferrites.","PeriodicalId":13040,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Magnetics Letters","volume":"17 ","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147299719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kaiyuan Zhou;Wenlong Yang;Xuejie Xie;Hengan Zhou;Cheng Zhuo;Enlong Liu
{"title":"Asymmetric Write Error Rate Caused by Self-Heating-Induced Offset Field Shift in Spin-Orbit-Torque Magnetic Tunnel Junctions","authors":"Kaiyuan Zhou;Wenlong Yang;Xuejie Xie;Hengan Zhou;Cheng Zhuo;Enlong Liu","doi":"10.1109/LMAG.2026.3652528","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMAG.2026.3652528","url":null,"abstract":"In this letter, we study the asymmetric increase of write error rate (WER) as the write voltage is elevated in spin-orbit-torque (SOT) magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. Besides the decrease of the free layer’s (FL) coercive field rendering the FL more vulnerable to the influence of offset field from synthetic antiferromagnets (SAFs), we observe, that during the write process, the temperature rise caused by the self-heating effect also modifies the magnetic properties of SAF layers in MTJ stacks. Through the measurement and analysis of two device types with different SAF designs, the amplitude and direction of the offset field show different temperature dependence, which determines an opposite preferentially stable state for the FL, and hence the anomalously high WER. Macrospin simulations of WER incorporating self-heating effect and temperature-dependent magnetic properties in both FL and SAF reproduce well the experimental observations. These findings offer novel insights into the role of the offset field and its temperature dependence in optimizing WER performance in SOT-MTJ devices.","PeriodicalId":13040,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Magnetics Letters","volume":"17 ","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146139120","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Koike;T. Okawa;Y. Ikagawa;T. Amiya;G. Tahara;M. Itakura;T. Yasunaga;M. Nakano
{"title":"Magnetic Properties of Nd-Fe-B Single Dots Fabricated Using the PLD–LIFT Method","authors":"K. Koike;T. Okawa;Y. Ikagawa;T. Amiya;G. Tahara;M. Itakura;T. Yasunaga;M. Nakano","doi":"10.1109/LMAG.2026.3652505","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMAG.2026.3652505","url":null,"abstract":"Single-dot Nd-Fe-B micromagnets were fabricated using the pulsed laser deposition-laser-induced forward transfer (PLD–LIFT) technique, and their magnetic properties were systematically examined. Hysteresis measurements with a vibrating sample magneto meter revealed that the coercivity (<italic>H</i><sub>c</sub>) was nearly independent of laser power, whereas an increased defocus rate (DF rate) enhanced <italic>H</i><sub>c</sub> up to 340 kA/m. Scanning electron microscopy and cross-sectional scanning transmission electron microscopy analyses revealed that each dot comprises grains ranging from submicrometer to micrometer scale. Within these grains, an Nd<sub>2</sub>Fe<sub>14</sub>B core is encapsulated by an Fe-rich matrix containing dispersed Nd oxides. The thickness of this Fe-rich outer shell modifies the exchange pathway at the Nd<sub>2</sub>Fe<sub>14</sub>B/Fe interface, giving rise to the characteristic two-step demagnetization. Guided by these observations, a simplified Nd<sub>2</sub>Fe<sub>14</sub>B/α-Fe core–shell model was developed and evaluated through micromagnetic simulations, which successfully reproduced the stepwise reversal and clarified DF’s role in suppressing soft-phase connectivity and improving loop squareness. Collectively, these findings identify DF rate as the dominant processing parameter and provide practical guidelines for tailoring PLD–LIFT Nd-Fe-B micromagnets toward microelectromechanical systems applications.","PeriodicalId":13040,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Magnetics Letters","volume":"17 ","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146223734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Developing Laser-Assisted Heating Magnetization Utilizing a Distributed External Magnetic Field for Magnetic MEMS","authors":"Keita Nagai;Tadahiko Shinshi","doi":"10.1109/LMAG.2026.3652483","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMAG.2026.3652483","url":null,"abstract":"Self-demagnetizing fields in uniformly magnetized flat magnets limit the surface magnetic flux density and output power of magnetic microelectromechanical systems (MEMSs). In laser-assisted heating magnetization (LAHM), the laser locally reduces the coercivity, and a uniform reverse magnetic field subsequently reverses the magnetization. LAHM was developed to produce fine multipole patterns and address these performance limitations. This study extends LAHM by superimposing a distributed external magnetic field tailored to the target pattern. The field is generated by a prepatterned multipole master NdFeB magnet (<inline-formula><tex-math>$B_{r}$</tex-math></inline-formula> = 1.30 T and <inline-formula><tex-math>$H_{cj}$</tex-math></inline-formula> = 2388 kA/m) placed on a uniform reverse-field source, which strengthens the local magnetizing field in the target areas and attenuates it elsewhere. Experiments employing 0.3 mm thick NdFeB samples demonstrate that distributed-field LAHM increases the magnetization ratio by 10.8% and the peak-to-peak surface magnetic flux density by 54.2 mT compared with conventional uniform-field LAHM. These results indicate a potential route to higher performance multipole magnets for MEMS applications.","PeriodicalId":13040,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Magnetics Letters","volume":"17 ","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146175752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE Magnetics LettersPub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2026-03-17DOI: 10.1109/LMAG.2026.3674363
Travis J. Allen;Levi M. Barker;Jake J. Abbott
{"title":"Assume a Spherical Cube: Bounding the Force and Torque Induced on a Conductive Nonmagnetic Cube by a Rotating Magnetic Dipole","authors":"Travis J. Allen;Levi M. Barker;Jake J. Abbott","doi":"10.1109/LMAG.2026.3674363","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMAG.2026.3674363","url":null,"abstract":"A time-varying magnetic field induces electric currents in a conductive object, which in turn induces a force–torque wrench on the object that is not due to ferromagnetism. Prior work empirically modeled the wrench induced in a solid sphere by a rotating magnetic dipole (RMD) field, and then used this model to perform contactless manipulation using multiple RMD field sources, motivated by application in on-orbit satellite servicing and space-debris capture. In this letter, we measure the induced wrench on a conductive, nonferromagnetic cube—which, unlike on a sphere, is not invariant to orientation—in six canonical configurations, and we compare it to that of a sphere with identical volume. Results show that such a spherical model provides a reasonable orientation-invariant approximation of a cube. Further, the induced wrench can be bounded by considering the induced wrenches on spheres with <inline-formula><tex-math>$pm 15%$</tex-math></inline-formula> volume.","PeriodicalId":13040,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Magnetics Letters","volume":"17 ","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147696637","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparative Interfacial Exchange Coupling in Ta/CoFeB/BiFeO3: Impact of La (A-Site) and Co (B-Site) Doping in Epitaxial Sputtered Films","authors":"Ismat Jamil;Naveen Negi;Digbijaya Palai;Bhagwati Prasad","doi":"10.1109/LMAG.2026.3685982","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMAG.2026.3685982","url":null,"abstract":"Scalable integration of multiferroics and robust magnetic control without external magnetic fields are key requirements for voltage-driven spintronic devices. Here, we demonstrate an industry-compatible approach based on radio frequency magnetron sputtering to grow single-crystalline epitaxial BiFeO<sub>3</sub> (BFO), 10% Co B-site–doped BiFeO<sub>3</sub> (BFCO), and 10% La A-site–doped BiFeO<sub>3</sub> (LBFO) thin films on SrTiO<sub>3</sub>(001) and integrate them with CoFeB to form Ta/CoFeB/(BFO, BFCO, and LBFO)/STO heterostructures. Powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) confirms rhombohedral BFO-based targets, while high-resolution XRD establishes phase-pure (00ℓ)-oriented epitaxy; ω-rocking curves show full width at half maxima < 0.5° and reciprocal space mapping verifies coherent in-plane strain. Piezoresponse force microscopy confirms robust local ferroelectric switching in all films. Among the compositions, BFCO exhibits the strongest magnetic response (<italic>M<sub>s</sub></i> ≈ 77 emu·cm<sup>−3</sup> and <italic>H<sub>c</sub></i> ≈ 348 Oe) and produces the largest interfacial exchange-coupling signature when coupled to CoFeB: the CoFeB coercivity increases to ∼843 Oe in Ta/CoFeB/BFCO/STO compared with ∼30 Oe for Ta/CoFeB/Si. These results establish sputtered epitaxial BFCO as a scalable platform for engineering strong interfacial pinning in multiferroic/ferromagnet stacks, enabling low-power, high-density voltage-controlled spintronic memories beyond conventional spin-transfer torque magnetoresistive random-access memory.","PeriodicalId":13040,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Magnetics Letters","volume":"17 ","pages":"4100105-4100105"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148003501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE Magnetics LettersPub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2026-03-14DOI: 10.1109/LMAG.2026.3693612
Cody A. Trevillian;Steven Louis;Hannah Bradley;Vasyl Tyberkevych
{"title":"Two-Magnon Quantum Interference With a Temporal Beamsplitter","authors":"Cody A. Trevillian;Steven Louis;Hannah Bradley;Vasyl Tyberkevych","doi":"10.1109/LMAG.2026.3693612","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LMAG.2026.3693612","url":null,"abstract":"This letter presents a model system for controllable two-magnon interference in the time domain. This two-magnon interference, i.e., a magnonic analog to the photonic Hong–Ou–Mandel effect, is supported by a tunable magnonic beamsplitter operation formed in a hybrid cavity magnonic system comprising a pair of mutually coupled magnon modes. By applying a time-dependent magnetic field, magnons can be excited independently in each mode and subsequently brought into interaction, shifting from independent to collective oscillations, to realize a controllable magnonic beamsplitter. When the beamsplitter operation is applied to an initially unentangled two-magnon state, a maximally entangled magnonic <inline-formula><tex-math>$N00N$</tex-math></inline-formula> state with tunable phase sensitivity is produced. These findings suggest that two-magnon interference in hybrid cavity magnonic systems may enable novel quantum metrological devices to study fundamental magnon dynamics and contribute to developing hybrid magnonic quantum computing architectures.","PeriodicalId":13040,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Magnetics Letters","volume":"17 ","pages":"5500105-5500105"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148747109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}