By shaping and shrinking light, engineers alter a material's magnetic properties

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by Phys.org / ScienceDaily (tech) at 25 Sept, 18:00 UTC

A new approach that uses light to switch the magnetic states of a material could lead to faster, smaller and more energy-efficient data storage. Engineers at the University of California San Diego published their findings in Nature Communications.

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• T2By shaping and shrinking light, engineers alter a material's magnetic propertiesPhys.org / ScienceDaily (tech)25 Sept, 18:00