Clockless skyrmion logic gate based on voltage-controlled skyrmion propagation

Abstract

Magnetic skyrmions are nanoscale topologically nontrivial spin texture that offer great promise as information carriers for the next-generation spintronic computing schemes. However, the current skyrmion-based logic gates require precise control of skyrmion collisions through clocked synchronizers, which leads to the complexity of logic implementation. To address this challenge, we propose a clockless skyrmion logic gate that can be implemented into large-scale computing networks without skyrmions synchronization. The clockless operations are achieved in a cross-shaped skyrmion track based on the skyrmion gating method with the aid of the voltage-controlled magnetic anisotropy gate. A complete set of Boolean operations and a cascaded full adder can be realized through the different combinations of inputs and interconnections of these logic gates. This computing paradigm paves the way for the design of a highly efficient and robust computing architecture using fully skyrmion-based logic devices.