Topological memory with multiply-connected planar magnetic nanoelements

A coding scheme is introduced to store a set of linked bit strings in planar magnetic nanoelements with holes. Analytical expressions for the corresponding magnetization distributions are developed up to a homotopy and the specific examples are given for doubly- and triply-connected cases. The energy barriers, protecting the information-bearing states, are discussed. Compared to a set of disparate simply-connected nanoelements of the same total connectivity, the nanoelements with holes can hold much more information due to the possibility of linking the individual bits.