Synthesis of Individually Tuned Nanomagnets for Nanomagnet Logic by Direct Write Focused Electron Beam Induced Deposition

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Abstract

Nanomagnet Logic (NML) is a promising new technology for future logic which exploits interactions among magnetic nanoelements in order to encode and compute binary information. This approach overcomes the well-known limits of CMOS-based microelectronics by drastically reducing the power consumption of computational systems and by offering nonvolatility. An actual key challenge is the nanofabrication of such systems that, up to date, are prepared by complex multistep processes in planar technology. Here, we report the single-step synthesis of NML key elements by focused electron beam induced deposition (FEBID) using iron pentacarbonyl as a gas precursor. The resulting nanomagnets feature an inner iron part and a 3 nm iron oxide cover (core-shell structure). Full functionality of conventional NML gates from FEBID-nanowires was achieved. An advanced structure maintaining the gate functionality based on bended nanowires was realized. The unique design obtained by direct-writing reduces the error probability and may merge several NWs in future NML elements.

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