Novel layout of a bi-metallic nanoring for magnetic field pulse generation from light

• Main Authors: Vienne, Guillaume, Chen, Xiaoye, Teh, Ying Shi, Ng, Ying Jye, Chia, Nyap Oon, Ooi, Ching Pin
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106723; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25107; http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/17/1/013049
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Recently Tsiatmas et al proposed using a nanoring made of two different metallic sectors to generate a magnetic pulse from a laser pulse [1]. Non-uniform heating of the ring creates very large temperature gradients, which drive thermoelectric currents, and this creates a localized magnetic field. Ho...