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Magnetic Cellular Nonlinear Network with Spin Wave Bus for Image Processing
We describe and analyze a cellular nonlinear network based on magnetic
nanostructures for image processing. The network consists of magneto-electric
cells integrated onto a common ferromagnetic film - spin wave bus. The
magneto-electric cell is an artificial two-phase multiferroic structure
comprising piezoelectric and ferromagnetic materials. A bit of information is
assigned to the cell's magnetic polarization, which can be controlled by the
applied voltage. The information exchange among the cells is via the spin waves
propagating in the spin wave bus. Each cell changes its state as a combined
effect of two: the magneto-electric coupling and the interaction with the spin
waves. The distinct feature of the network with spin wave bus is the ability to
control the inter-cell communication by an external global parameter - magnetic
field. The latter makes possible to realize different image processing
functions on the same template without rewiring or reconfiguration. We present
the results of numerical simulations illustrating image filtering, erosion,
dilation, horizontal and vertical line detection, inversion and edge detection
accomplished on one template by the proper choice of the strength and direction
of the external magnetic field. We also present numerical assets on the major
network parameters such as cell density, power dissipation and functional
throughput, and compare them with the parameters projected for other
nano-architectures such as CMOL-CrossNet, Quantum Dot Cellular Automata, and
Quantum Dot Image Processor. Potentially, the utilization of spin waves
phenomena at the nanometer scale may provide a route to low-power consuming and
functional logic circuits for special task data processing
Non-Volatile Magnonic Logic Circuits Engineering
We propose a concept of magnetic logic circuits engineering, which takes an
advantage of magnetization as a computational state variable and exploits spin
waves for information transmission. The circuits consist of magneto-electric
cells connected via spin wave buses. We present the result of numerical
modeling showing the magneto-electric cell switching as a function of the
amplitude as well as the phase of the spin wave. The phase-dependent switching
makes it possible to engineer logic gates by exploiting spin wave buses as
passive logic elements providing a certain phase-shift to the propagating spin
waves. We present a library of logic gates consisting of magneto-electric cells
and spin wave buses providing 0 or p phase shifts. The utilization of phases in
addition to amplitudes is a powerful tool which let us construct logic circuits
with a fewer number of elements than required for CMOS technology. As an
example, we present the design of the magnonic Full Adder Circuit comprising
only 5 magneto-electric cells. The proposed concept may provide a route to more
functional wave-based logic circuitry with capabilities far beyond the limits
of the traditional transistor-based approach
Non-volatile spin wave majority gate at the nanoscale
A spin wave majority fork-like structure with feature size of 40\,nm, is
presented and investigated, through micromagnetic simulations. The structure
consists of three merging out-of-plane magnetization spin wave buses and four
magneto-electric cells serving as three inputs and an output. The information
of the logic signals is encoded in the phase of the transmitted spin waves and
subsequently stored as direction of magnetization of the magneto-electric cells
upon detection. The minimum dimensions of the structure that produce an
operational majority gate are identified. For all input combinations, the
detection scheme employed manages to capture the majority phase result of the
spin wave interference and ignore all reflection effects induced by the
geometry of the structure
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