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High Capacity High Speed Optical Data Storage System Based on Diffraction-Free Nanobeam

Award Information
Agency: Department of Energy
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 41768
Amount: $74,995.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1998
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
20600 Gramercy Place Building 100
Torrance, CA 90501
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Dr. Tin M. Aye
 Director, Holographic Systems
 (310) 320-3088
Business Contact
 Mr. Gordon Drew
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Phone: (310) 320-3088
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

50566-98-I
High Capacity High Speed Optical Data Storage System Based on Diffraction-Free Nanobeam--Physical Optics Corporation, 20600 Gramercy Place, Suite 103, Torrance, CA 90501-1821;
(310) 320-3088
Dr. Tin M. Aye, Principal Investigator
Mr. Gordon Drew, Business Official
DOE Grant No. DE-FG03-98ER82640
Amount: $74,995

DOE¿s nuclear physics laboratories, such as the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider and the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, produce a continuous stream of data, at the rate of 20 Mbytes/sec or more, which needs to be stored- a total data volume of 100 Terabytes per year. However, current data storage systems are limited in terms of both storage capacity and access time. To address this need, this project will develop an ultrahigh capacity optical data storage system based on diffraction-free nanobeam writing. The system will be built around a current well-engineered high speed optical disk system with an innovative diffraction-free micro optical element to produce a beam ~50 nm wide with ~cm depth of focus, allowing the system to address data at much higher speed, and to store it 100 to 1000 times more densely. Phase I will evaluate feasibility by system design and analysis, the demonstration fabrication of the key components, and with a proof-of-principle experiment. Specifically, a 50 nm large depth of focus (~1cm) nanobeam will be demonstrated by fabricating a special microdiffractive optical element and recording a high density data stream on a standard optical recording disk coated with a photopolymer material.

Commercial Applications and Other Benefits as described by the awardee: The high capacity, high speed, optical disk memory system should find extensive commercial applications in large scale data storage, computer, optical communication, image archiving, library, medical, university, and research facilities.
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