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 ...

An optic fiber sensing system developed by researchers in China and Canada can peer inside supercapacitors and batteries to observe their state of charge. Renewable energy sources are naturally ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) In a world driven by data, the relentless growth of digital information is pushing existing storage technologies to their limits. Every day, vast amounts of data are generated, ...

Delivering “BLOBs” (Binary Large Objects) such as MRI data carries high-bandwidth requirements. This, plus the ‘networked’ nature of healthcare (campus-based and metro networks) often means that ...

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 ...

(Nanowerk News) 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 ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Royal Philips Electronics NV will team up with Benq Corp. to establish an optical storage devices company that aims to grab 15% share of the worldwide market. Philips and Benq will ...

3D surface profilers are in wide use today across many industries due to their ability to quickly deliver critical topographic data, and optical profilometers provide non-contact measurements of step ...

Santa Clara, CA — National Semiconductor launches its newest laser diode driver (LDD) for use in optical pickup units (OPUs). The LMH6533 has extremely fast switching rates and very low output current ...