Magnetic Switching: Speed, Reliability and Recording Evidence
Yenra | Updated September 17, 2026
Article: https://yenra.com/magnetic-switching/

Purpose: Compare magnetic-switching claims by material, excitation, timing and success criterion. Keep experimental and system-level results separate.
Paper / publication date / material / geometry:
Initial magnetic state and preparation:
Temperature and other test conditions:
Excitation method, amplitude, pulse width and width definition:
Measured observable and time resolution:
Response time (units):
Readout delay and final-state criterion:
Repetition interval / thermal recovery evidence:
Number of attempts / successful writes / failures:
Retention observation window:
Example only: 990 intended final states / 1,000 attempts = 99% observed success, 10 failures, at the stated test condition. This alone is not a device specification.
Single event / ensemble average / spatial image:
Supported conclusion and untested recording-system requirements:


SOURCE REFERENCES
original Tudosa and colleagues Nature paper, preserved by SLAC
https://www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/stohr/nature-428-831-04.pdf
2020 study of dual-shot all-optical recording in GdFeCo
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41377-020-00451-z