Non-volatile Electric Field Control of Thermal Magnons in the Absence of an Applied Magnetic Field
Spin transport through magnetic insulators has been demonstrated in a variety
of materials and is an emerging pathway for next-generation spin-based
computing. To modulate spin transport in these systems, one typically applies a
sufficiently strong magnetic field to allow for deterministic control of
magnetic order. Here, we make use of the well-known multiferroic
magnetoelectric, BiFeO3, to demonstrate non-volatile, hysteretic,
electric-field control of thermally excited magnon current in the absence of an
applied magnetic field. These findings are an important step toward
magnon-based devices, where electric-field-only control is highly desirable.
Authors
Eric Parsonnet, Lucas Caretta, Vikram Nagarajan, Hongrui Zhang, Hossein Taghinejad, Piush Behera, Xiaoxi Huang, Pravin Kavle, Abel Fernandez, Dmitri Nikonov, Hai Li, Ian Young, James Analytis, Ramamoorthy Ramesh