USING SUPERCONDUCTIVITY TO CONTROL MAGNETISM: A FACET OF SUPERCONDUCTING SPINTRONICS.

Magnets are used in electronics to store and read information. A magnetic moment is rotated to a desired direction, so that information can later be retrieved by reading this orientation. Controlling the moment via electric currents causes resistive losses and heating, a major bottleneck in advancing computing technologies. Superconducting spintronics can resolve this using the unique features of superconductors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]