T-rays will ‘speed up’ computer memory by a factor of 1,000

First-ever study to demonstrate the viability of an alternative remagnetization technique that could be used in ultrafast computer memory, instead of the conventional method that relies on external magnetic fields

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CrazyNeutrino said:

T-rays will ‘speed up’ computer memory by a factor of 1,000

First-ever study to demonstrate the viability of an alternative remagnetization technique that could be used in ultrafast computer memory, instead of the conventional method that relies on external magnetic fields

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> the experiment has shown that it is also possible to control magnetization directly by using terahertz radiation, which excites electronic transitions in thulium ions and alters the magnetic properties of both iron and thulium ions. Furthermore, the effect of T-rays proved to be almost ten times greater than that of the external magnetic field. In other words, the researchers have devised a fast and highly efficient remagnetization technique.

I wish I’d seen this coming. I had thought only in terms of lasers, but terahertz waves make much more sense.

Can the terahertz wave generators be miniaturised and if so by how much? If not by much then this could be used for a rapid all-system wipe. Wavelengths are 0.1 mm to 1 mm, much longer than laser wavelengths.