Field and temperature tuning of magnetic diode in permalloy honeycomb lattice

George Yumnam, Moudip Nandi, Pousali Ghosh, Amjed Abdullah, Mahmoud Almasri, Erik Henriksen, Deepak K. Singh

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Abstract

The observation of magnetic diode behavior with ultra-low forward voltage renders new venue for energetically efficient spintronic device research in the unconventional system of two-dimensional permalloy honeycomb lattice. However, detailed understanding of temperature and magnetic field tuning of diode behaviors are imperative to any practical application. In this report, our study unveils many important properties of magnetic diode that not only pave the way for practical applications, but also underlines the role of emergent phenomena of magnetic charge correlation on honeycomb vertices. We find that magnetic diode behavior persists across a broad temperature range. In a surprising observation, magnetic field application tends to induce a peculiar reentrant characteristic where diode behavior is suppressed in remnant field but reappears after warming to room temperature. Analysis of $I-V$ data suggests a modest energy gap, $∖sim$ 0.03 - 0.1 eV, which is comparable to magnetic Coulomb's interaction energy between emergent magnetic charges on honeycomb vertices in the reverse biased state. It affirms the role of magnetic charge correlation in unidirectional conduction in 2D honeycomb lattice. The experimental results are expected to spur the utilization of magnetic diode in next generation spintronic device applications.

Original languageEnglish
Article number100386
JournalMaterials Today Advances
Volume18
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2023
Externally publishedYes

Funding

DKS thankfully acknowledges the support by US Department of Energy , Office of Science , Office of Basic Energy Sciences under the grant no. DE-SC0014461 .

FundersFunder number
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Science
Basic Energy SciencesDE-SC0014461

    Keywords

    • Artificial magnetic honeycomb lattice
    • Magnetic charge dynamics
    • Magnetic diode
    • Spintronics

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