Magnetic logic devices composed of permalloy dots

Magnetic logic devices have been investigated by micromagnetics simulation and experiment. The simulation shows that the magnetic logic devices composed of 4 elliptical permalloy dots perform both the NAND and NOR logic operations. The experiments indicate that the distance between adjacent dots must be shorter than 50 nm and 70 nm along the long axis and the short axis of the dots, respectively. The micro-fabricated test devices show the above logic operations.