Spintronics
According to Wikipedia, spintronics(also known as fluxtronics ) is defined by the study of the intrinsic spin of the electron.
Basically, it is blend of electronics with spin.
Why should we go for spintronics?
Spintronics devices offer enhanced functionality. Compared to "electronics", spintronics has advantages over it. Imagine I'm using a "spintronic device", for example a laptop :-
• it requires no boot-up waiting period
• it doesn't require a unique and specialized semiconductor
• it consumes less power
• less heat dissipation
• takes up lesser space on chip, thus more compact
• spin manipulation is faster, which results in good read and write speed(probably faster than present SSD)
• it requires no boot-up waiting period
• it doesn't require a unique and specialized semiconductor
• it consumes less power
• less heat dissipation
• takes up lesser space on chip, thus more compact
• spin manipulation is faster, which results in good read and write speed(probably faster than present SSD)
After listing these advantages, almost every mind gets questions like "why this is not available in market now ?"
"When can I experience this technology ?"
Bla...bla...and...bla
Working on spintronics started in late 1980s and still going on. There are challenges faced by spintronics to come alive. Like:-
• controlling spin for longer distances
• in most commonly used semiconductor element silicon, controlling spin is very difficult.
•difficult to inject and measure spin
And much more.
Great minds all over the world trying to over come these limitations and bring spintronic devices economical too, so that everyone can afford.
When we come to application point of view, we can apply spintronics in LEDs, FETs, storage devices, sensors and replace every electronic device. May be in future "electronics" is replaced by "spintronics"
Hope this is helpful and you like it ☺
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