Mutual control of stochastic switching for two electrically coupled superparamagnetic tunnel junctions

Published

August 19, 2021

Author(s)

Philippe Talatchian, Matthew Daniels, Advait Madhavan, Matthew Pufall, Emilie Jue, William Rippard, Jabez J. McClelland, Mark Stiles

Abstract

Superparamagnetic tunnel junctions (SMTJs) are promising sources for the randomness required by some compact and energy-efficient computing schemes. Coupling them gives rise to collective behavior that could be useful for cognitive computing. We use a simple linear electrical circuit to mutually couple two SMTJs through their stochastic electrical transitions. When one SMTJ makes a thermally induced transition, the voltage across both SMTJs changes, modifying the transition rates of both. This coupling leads to significant correlation between the states of the two devices. Using fits to a generalized N´eel-Brown model for the individual thermally bistable magnetic devices, we can accurately reproduce the behavior of the coupled devices with a Markov model.

Citation

Physical Review B

Volume

104

Issue

5

Pub Type

Journals

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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.104.054427

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Talatchian, P. , Daniels, M. , Madhavan, A. , Pufall, M. , Jue, E. , Rippard, W. , McClelland, J. and Stiles, M. (2021), Mutual control of stochastic switching for two electrically coupled superparamagnetic tunnel junctions, Physical Review B, [online], https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.104.054427, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=932614 (Accessed October 7, 2025)