Magnetic domain wall serial-in parallel-out shift register

Abstract

We demonstrate a three-terminal magnetic nanowire logic junction that combines logical NOT and signal fan-out operations. The behavior and performance of the three-terminal device are similar to those of previous two-terminal NOT gates. However, the third terminal provides an additional, noninverted output. We have demonstrated the versatility that this brings by integrating a chain of the three-terminal hybrid elements with other nanowire logic elements to create a serial-in parallel-out shift register.