We are entering an age of data explosion. The volume of digital information generated from the internet and from portable and high-definition video devices has doubled every two years since 2000 and ...

Switchable fluorescent proteins, able to move reversibly between two optical states, have been known from some years. But now, German researchers have discovered the mechanism behind this optical ...

An optical memory based on a semiconductor ring laser is under development in a new project by a pan-European consortium of universities and companies. Photonics scientists have long sought an optical ...

Researchers at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology have come up with an optical storage device that has the same shape and size as a DVD or Blu-Ray disc — but can hold a whopping 1.6 ...

Self-assembled structures offer a unique design concept for optical data storage devices. The storage of digital information using light is a key technology for producing long-term archives of large ...

A technical paper titled “Probing Optical Multi-Level Memory Effects in Single Core–Shell Quantum Dots and Application Through 2D-0D Hybrid Inverters” was published by researchers at Korea Institute ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Researchers have demonstrated a new technique that can store more optical data in a smaller space than was previously possible on-chip. This technique improves upon the ...

We could soon store 700 Terabytes on a 12-centimeter optical disk which would be equal to storing 28,000 Blu-ray disks. A separate advance with in data encoding could triple storage to 2.1 Petabytes ...

A newfangled data storage device, which takes up less than a millionth the amount of space of its predecessors, could be a key component of futuristic communication systems. Scientists fashioned a ...

WASHINGTON — Researchers have demonstrated, for the first time, light-induced thermomagnetic recording in a magnetic thin-film on silicon waveguides. The new writing technique is poised to enable ...