Thermal memory: a storage of phononic information.
Memory is an indispensible element for a computer in addition to logic gates. In this Letter we report a model of thermal memory. We demonstrate via numerical simulation that thermal (phononic) information stored in the memory can be retained for a long time without being lost and more importantly can be read out without being destroyed. The possibility of experimental realization is also discussed.
Department of Physics, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, People's Republic of China.
Lei
L
Wang
Baowen
B
Li