Room-Temperature Magnon Switch

  • Magazine Article
  • TBMG-37449
Published August 01, 2020 by Tech Briefs Media Group in United States
Sector:
Language:
  • English

Researchers have demonstrated a potentially new way to make switches inside a computer’s processing chips, enabling them to use less energy and radiate less heat. The practical technique controls magnons, which are essentially waves that travel through magnetic materials and can carry information. To use magnons for information processing requires a switching mechanism that can control the transmission of a magnon signal through the device.