Abstract

Certain ideas and techniques are being developed outside the field of optical/magnetic/ electronic recording, but the storage community could benefit from these developments once we become sufficiently familiar with the new concepts and methodologies. Developments in the areas of nano- and bio-photonics, fluorescence microscopy, quantum-dots, optical tweezers, micro- and nano-fluidics, femtosecond lasers, etc., have the potential to influence future generations of data storage systems.

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