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Laser blast flips magnet’s polarity instantly without heating it up

A single, ultrafast laser pulse has flipped the polarity of a ferromagnet without first heating it to the brink of losing its ...
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Scientists Have Developed a Laser-Controlled Magnet With No Heating Required

Swiss researchers have developed a new technique allowing for magnetic polarity changes using only a laser beam.
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Frictional heating technique yields better magnets at a lower cost

Researchers have demonstrated a new technique for manufacturing strong magnetic materials that improves the quality of the magnets, produces the magnets quickly, uses less energy and is less expensive ...

Magnets produced at room temperature using lasers could produce faster non-silicon processors

Magnets tuned with lasers at room temperature could lead to faster hard drives and a new generation of computer chips.