Accelerate data storage by several orders of magnitude? Ultra-fast magnetic reversal observed
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 10:31
in Physics & Chemistry
A newly discovered magnetic phenomenon could accelerate data storage by several orders of magnitude. With a constantly growing flood of information, we are being inundated with increasing quantities of data, which we in turn want to process faster than ever. Oddly, the physical limit to the recording speed of magnetic storage media has remained largely unresearched. In experiments performed on a particle accelerator, researchers have now achieved ultrafast magnetic reversal and discovered a surprising phenomenon.