Developments in Optical Data Storage

Lasing wavelength/nm Introduction year Approx, storage capacity/Gb 

The next stages in the development beyond 20 Gb will be to move away from heat mode recording to photon mode recording. This is discussed elsewhere in this book, under photochromies (Chapter 1, section 1.2.8.3) and under holography, optoelectronics and photonics in Chapter 5. 

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Mustroph, H., Stollenwerk, M., Bressau, V., Current Developments in Optical Data Storage with Organic Dyes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 2016 2035. 

Current developments in optical data storage with organic dyes including N-heterocycles and their metal complexes 06AG(E)2016. 

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