All-optical write/read scheme for magnetic nanostructures

1. A system of writing to and reading from a magnetic nanostructure, comprising:

an opto-magnetic write arrangement, comprising:

a polarizer configured to receive incident light and provide a circularly or linearly polarized light, wherein light polarization is controlled by the polarizer and its orientation with respect to polarization of the incident light;

a nanomagnetic structure configured to receive the polarized light, the magnetic nanostructure comprising:

a substrate, and

a nanomagnetic stack, comprising:

a nanomagnet, and

a capping layer,

wherein the nanomagnetic stack is configured to receive the polarized light and thereby switch orientation of a magnetic moment associated with the magnetic nanostructure

whereby the magnetic moment direction specifies a bit value held in the magnetic structure; and

a magnetic read arrangement, configured to receive and interpret an optical signal from the magnetic nanostructure indicating the magnetic moment orientation from the nanomagnetic stack.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is made of an optically transparent material dielectric.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the optically transparent material is selected from the group consisting essentially of MgO and c-sapphire.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the nanomagnet is one of a ferromagnet, a ferrimagnet or an antiferromagnet having magnetic perpendicular anisotropy.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the nanomagnet selected from the group consisting essentially of Bi-substituted iron garnet (BIG) and Gadolinium Iron Cobalt (GdFeCo).

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the capping layer is Si 3 N 4 .

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein diameter of the magnetic stack is between about 10 nm and 20 nm.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the wavelength of the polarized light is between 660 nm and 740 nm.