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Photonics Startup Aims to Commercialize TB Discs

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CLEVELAND, Oct. 22, 2012 — Businesses and consumers may soon have a cheaper, more manageable way to store large amounts of digital data, thanks to a university startup that aims to make optical films capable of holding 1 to 2 TB — or about 50 Blu-ray movies. As an alternative to storing data on energy-wasting magnetic discs or cumbersome magnetic tapes, Folio Photonics will use optical technology first developed by the Center for Layered Polymeric Systems at Case Western Reserve University's School of Engineering to make an optical film with 64 data layers. “A disc will be on the capacity scale...Read full article

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    Published: October 2012
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    optical data storage
    The storage of information via optical means, primarily employing a low-power laser to inscribe data on a photosensitive surface as pits or phase differences and to read such data via reflected light in the retrieval stage. Optical data storage techniques are commonly used for writing and reading CD-ROM and DVD information as well as optical holography.
    photonics
    The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...
    AmericasBrent ValleBusinessCase Western Reserve UniversityCenter for Layered Polymeric Systemsdata storagedigital storageFolio PhotonicsindustrialKenneth SingerOhiooptical data storageOpticspathology tissue slide storagephotonicsterabyte storage discs

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