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Nanomaterials Jul 25, 2023

A nano switchable polar column system that allows high-density data storage

In today's world of digital information, an enormous amount of data is exchanged and stored on a daily basis.

Optics & Photonics Nov 24, 2022

Scientists demonstrate world's first continuous-wave lasing of deep-ultraviolet laser diode at room temperature

A research group led by 2014 Nobel laureate Hiroshi Amano at Nagoya University's Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability (IMaSS) in central Japan, in collaboration with Asahi Kasei Corporation, has successfully ...

Optics & Photonics Feb 2, 2021

Say goodbye to the dots and dashes to enhance optical storage media

Purdue University innovators have created technology aimed at replacing Morse code with colored "digital characters" to modernize optical storage. They are confident the advancement will help with the explosion of remote ...

Materials Science Nov 24, 2020

AI algorithm identifies new compound potentially useful for photonic devices, biologically inspired computers

When the words "artificial intelligence" (AI) come to mind, your first thoughts may be of super-smart computers, or robots that perform tasks without needing any help from humans. Now, a multi-institutional team including ...

Materials Science Oct 8, 2020

A new magnetic material and recording process to vastly increase data capacity

Although out of sight to the majority of end users, data centers work behind the scenes to run the internet, businesses, research institutions and more. These data centers depend on high-capacity digital storage, the demand ...

Cell & Microbiology May 21, 2020

Physicists exploring use of Blu-ray disc lasers to kill COVID-19, other viruses

A new weapon in the arsenal against the coronavirus may be sitting in your home entertainment console. A team led by physicist Chris Barty of the University of California, Irvine is researching the use of diodes from Blu-ray ...

Optics & Photonics Nov 6, 2019

Flatland light: Researchers create rewritable optical components for 2-D light waves

In 1884, a schoolmaster and theologian named Edwin Abbott wrote a novella called Flatland, which tells the story of a world populated by sentient two-dimensional shapes. While intended as a satire of rigid Victorian social ...

Optics & Photonics Jun 28, 2018

Using light for next-generation data storage

Tiny, nano-sized crystals of salt encoded with data using light from a laser could be the next data storage technology of choice, following research by Australian scientists.

Optics & Photonics Mar 22, 2018

Golden touch: Next-gen optical disk to solve data storage challenge

Scientists from Australia and China have drawn on the durable power of gold to demonstrate a new type of high-capacity optical disk that can hold data securely for more than 600 years.

General Physics Dec 6, 2017

First step toward practical application of holographic memory with magnetic assist

In recent years, due to technology such as the Internet and 8K broadcasting, more information is being distributed across the world. Along with this trend, there is a demand for an innovative method for storing large volumes ...

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