Table 1 Summary of single-line operations for the device from Fig. 2a at T = 5.85 K and H = 0

From: Word and bit line operation of a 1 × 1 μm2 superconducting vortex-based memory

Operation

Easy

Moderate

Difficult

Hard

Write 1 (0 → 1)

IWL > 0

IWL < 0

BL

Write −1 (0 → − 1)

IWL < 0

IWL > 0

BL

Erase 1 (1 → 0)

IWL < 0

IWL > 0

BL

Erase −1 (−1 → 0)

IWL > 0

IWL < 0

BL

Threshold (mA)

0.15

0.73

0.87

>1

  1. WL operations have three distinct levels. Easy (IWL 0.15 mA) and moderate (IWL 0.73 mA) thresholds correspond to vortex propagation along the easy track. The difficult threshold (IWL 0.87 mA) - to vortex motion outside the track. For BL operations there is no easy path; therefore, all BL operations are hard (IBL > 1 mA).