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Start: 2008-02-11 16:00
End: 2008-02-11 18:00
This year's Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to for their discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance. Applications of this phenomenon have revolutionized techniques for retrieving data from hard disks. The discovery also plays a major role in various magnetic sensors as well as for the development of a new generation of electronics. The use of Giant Magnetoresistance can be regarded as one of the first major applications of nanotechnology. | 12
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Start: 2008-02-13 16:00
End: 2008-02-13 18:00
Potential applications of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) range from bio-sensing to imaging, sub-wavelength light guiding, and on-chip communications. These applications are ultimately unified in the paradigm of surface optics - where surface waves - rather than plane waves-- are used for on-chip optical communications between nm-sized ports. | 14
Start: 2008-02-14 15:00
End: 2008-02-14 17:00
As conventional magnetic recording technology extends to ever higher areal density, it is possible the often predicted, and constantly increasing, density limit will be reached. This limit will likely be in the range of 750 � 1000 Gb/in2. The use of nanofabrication to create patterned magnetic elements, or patterned media, is one of the proposed approaches with the promise of delaying the onset of superparamagnetism and thus enabling higher areal density. | 15
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