A new spin on electronics
Thursday, February 16, 2017 - 10:01
in Physics & Chemistry
Modern computer technology is based on the transport of electric charge in semiconductors. But this technology's potential will be reaching its limits in the near future, since the components deployed cannot be miniaturized further. But, there is another option: using an electron's spin, instead of its charge, to transmit information. A team of scientists is now demonstrating how this works.