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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2014
Hgst Netherlands B.v., Amsterdam, NL;
Patrick M. Braganca, San Jose, CA (US);
Jordan A. Katine, Mountain View, CA (US);
Yang Li, San Jose, CA (US);
Neil L. Robertson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Qingbo Wang, Irvine, CA (US);
Haiwen Xi, San Jose, CA (US);
HGST Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
In one general embodiment, a system includes at least one magnetic nanoparticle; a heating device for heating the at least one magnetic nanoparticle to induce a paramagnetic thermal instability in the at least one magnetic nanoparticle whereby a magnetization of the magnetic nanoparticle randomly switches between different detectable magnetic states upon heating thereof; and a magnetoresistance reading device for detecting an instantaneous magnetic state of the magnetic nanoparticle.