Manipulating magnetic forces with light
Wednesday, August 6, 2014 - 07:31
in Physics & Chemistry
The magnetic forces in magnetic materials like iron can be rapidly manipulated with light. Rubicon Researcher Johan Mentink, together with Martin Eckstein from the University of Hamburg CFEL/MPSD, has theoretically demonstrated this for the first time. Rapid and effective manipulation is of immense fundamental and technological value. For example, it could be used for the production of faster hard disks. An article about this has been published in Physical Review Letters.