Published April 7, 2014 | Version v1
Journal article

Geometrical optimization of a local ballistic magnetic sensor

  • 1. Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Kumamoto 860-8555 (Japan)
  • 2. Advanced Electronics Research Division, INAMORI Frontier Research Center, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Fukuoka 819-0395 (Japan)
  • 3. Department of Physics, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Fukuoka 812-8581 (Japan)

Description

We have developed a highly sensitive local magnetic sensor by using a ballistic transport property in a two-dimensional conductor. A semiclassical simulation reveals that the sensitivity increases when the geometry of the sensor and the spatial distribution of the local field are optimized. We have also experimentally demonstrated a clear observation of a magnetization process in a permalloy dot whose size is much smaller than the size of an optimized ballistic magnetic sensor fabricated from a GaAs/AlGaAs two-dimensional electron gas

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Journal Title
Applied Physics Letters
Journal Volume
104
Journal Issue
14
Journal Page Range
p. 142408-142408.4
ISSN
0003-6951
CODEN
APPLAB

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
45082782
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ALUMINIUM ARSENIDES; GALLIUM ARSENIDES; GEOMETRY; MAGNETIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; PERMALLOY; SENSITIVITY; SENSORS
Descriptors DEC
ALLOYS; ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; ARSENIDES; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; IRON ALLOYS; MATHEMATICS; NICKEL ALLOYS; PNICTIDES; TRANSITION ELEMENT ALLOYS

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