News tagged with magnetic tunnel junction

Researchers demonstrate new way to control nonvolatile magnetic memory devices

(Phys.org) -- Cornell researchers have demonstrated a new strategy for making energy- efficient, reliable nonvolatile magnetic memory devices -- which retain information without electric power.

Physics / General Physics

created May 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Long predicted but never observed: A new kind of quantum junction

A new type of quantum bit called a "phase-slip qubit", devised by researchers at the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute and their collaborators, has enabled the world's first-ever experimental demonstration ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Physicists measure current-induced torque in nonvolatile magnetic memory devices

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tomorrow's nonvolatile memory devices – computer memory that can retain stored information even when not powered – will profoundly change electronics, and Cornell University researchers ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 09, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Researchers use spin waves to measure magnetic polarization of electrical current

In the hard drive industry, the rapid growth of storage density has been propelled in part by developments in the sensors used to read the magnetic "bits" on the disk. Recently, the use of giant magnetoresistance (GMR) in ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Toshiba develops essential technology for spintronics-based MOS field-effect transistor

(PhysOrg.com) -- Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has developed MOSFET cell based on spin transport electronics, or spintronics, an advanced semiconductor technology that makes use of the spin and ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 1

Physicist develops battery using new source of energy

Researchers at the University of Miami and at the Universities of Tokyo and Tohoku, Japan, have been able to prove the existence of a "spin battery," a battery that is "charged" by applying a large magnetic ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (53) | comments 11