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NDEX
ABSTRACT
I
NTRODUCTI
ON
HI
STORYOFDATASTORAGE
5-
DSTORAGETECHNOLOGY
CONCEPTOF5-
DSTORAGETECHNOLOGY
DATAOPERATI
ON
READOPERATI
ON
WRI
TEOPERATI
ON
PRESENTANDFUTURESCOPE
LI
FETI
MEOFDATA
ADVANTAGES
DI
SADVANTAGES
APPLI
CATI
ON
 ABSTRACT
I
nt hebeginningdi ff
erentst oragedev iceare
dev elopedPunchcar d, punchedt ape, fl
oppydi sc
etc.Theni n1980’sfirstopticaldev i
cet heCDand
theCD- ROM wer ereleased. Nowaday st he
magnet ictapeandf loppydi sksar eout dated
concept s.St
oragedev i
cel i
keHar dDi skhav ing
l
ar gesi ze,buti
tcanst oredataf oronl y3-4years.
Alsoanewst orageknownascl oudst orageisalso
availablebutitisalsohav i
ngcer tainmaj or
disadv antagessuchasext r
achar ges, accessibil
it
y
anddat asecurity
.
Agr oupofsci entistsfr
om Uni versi
tyof
Southampt onhasdev el
opedaf i
vedi mensional
opti
cal memor ycr ystalhav i
ngex peri
ment al
ly
provenapossi bil
i
tyofr ecordingdat ainto
nonstructuralglasswi ththehelpofhi ghspeed
l
aser,whichcr eatesasel fassembl ed
nanostructureinf usedquar tz.
 I
NTRODUCTI
ON
Recently,t herehav ebeenadv ancesinthe
fi
eldofdi gi
taldat astoragepr omisi
ngout st
andi
ng
datadensi t
yandl ongt erm datastorage.A new
technology dev eloped at t he Uni v
ersi
ty of
Southampt oncandobot h.Thename“ Superman
memor ycrystal”givenduet oitssimil
ari
ti
est ot
he
“Memor yCr ystal”usedint heSupermanf i
lms.
It’
s esti
mated t
hathuman are pr
oducing
approxi
mat el
yequipmentof10 mill
i
on blue-
ray
discsworthofdataofever
ysingl
edayandal lof
those ones and zeroes have to be stored
somewher e.
Nowresearcher
sintheUKjusthav et
he
soluti
on,afi
ve-di
mensional(
5-D)digit
aldat
a
storagedev
icethatcanstor
e360t erabyt
esof
data.
 READOPERATI
ON

Al
aserscanni
ngdev
iceusedi
nopt
ical
dev
icesusedi
nvar
iousopt
ical
stor
agedev
ices
samei
susedi
nSuper
manmemor
ycr
yst
alof
r
eadi
ngdat
a.Anot
herwayofr
eadi
ngdat
afr
om t
he
memor
ycr
yst
ali
sbyusi
ngmi
croscopeanda
pol
ari
zer
.

Thesur
faceoft
her
ecor
dedmemor
ycr
yst
al
cont
ainsl
arget
rackofdat
a.Thesur
facecont
ains
f
latr
efl
ect
ivear
easandnon-
ref
lect
ivebump.
Thosear
easar
edet
ect
edbyusi
ngamountofl
aser
l
i
ghtt
heyr
efl
ect
.Af
latr
efl
alav
tiv
ear
ear
epr
esent
s
bi
nar
y0andnon-
ref
lect
ivebumpsr
epr
esent
s
bi
nar
y1.

Thei
ntensi
tydi
str
ibut
ionatt
hef
ocal
plane
wasmodul
atedv
iaspat
ial
li
ght
si
mul
ator
(SLM)
,whi
chspl
i
tst
hei
nci
dentl
i
ghtont
o
256beams.
 WRI
TEOPERATI
ON
Af
emt
osecondl
aseri
susedt
owr
it
edat
aont
he
pur
esi
l
icagl
ass.Dat
aiswr
it
tenorent
eredi
ntot
he
gl
assv
iaf
emt
osecondl
asermov
ingatahi
ghspeed.A
f
emt
osecondi
smi
l
li
ont
hofabi
l
li
ont
hofasecond.
Whi
l
ewr
it
eoper
ati
onzer
oisi
ndi
cat
edbyabsenceofa
dot.
A‘dot
’wi
thdi
ff
erentr
efl
ect
ivei
ndexcanbeusedt
o
denot
ebi
nar
yone.Ther
ecor
dingpr
ocessi
sdoneby
f
ocusi
ngl
asert
oimpr
intt
inydot
scal
l
ed‘
vowel
s’i
npur
e
si
l
icagl
assDat
aisl
aidot
racksandt
het
racksar
e
separ
atedbyf
ivemi
cromet
er.
Nanost
ruct
uredot
sar
esepar
atedbyone
mi
l
li
ont
hofamet
er.Dat
aisr
ecor
dedatt
wodi
ff
erent
l
evel
sret
ardance(
1bi
t)andaxi
sor
ient
ati
on(
2bi
t)
.Each
dotst
orest
hreebi
tsofdat
a.Thecur
rentwr
it
ingspeedi
s
12Kbi
ts/
sbutt
hiscoul
drangeupt
o8Mbi
ts/
susi
ng
f
err
oel
ect
ri
cli
qui
dcr
yst
al.
 PRESENTANDFUTURESCOPE
t
hatdat
arecor
dingcoul
dbedonewi
thacheaper
l
aserdi
odeandt
hathi
gh-
speedr
ecor
dingandr
eadout
shoul
dbepossi
ble.
Ther
esear
ch,
int
hemeant
ime,
hasbeenl
ookedupon
upbyt
hest
oragegi
antSamsung,
whi
chnowseems
dest
inedt
omanuf
act
uret
hemedi
athatr
ecor
dsev
ery
bi
tofst
oreddat
aont
hepl
anet
.
Thecompanysay
sthatt
hist
echnol
ogyshoul
d
ber
eadywi
thi
nthenextf
ivet
oteny
ear
s.Successf
ul
i
mpl
ement
ati
onof300KBt
extf
il
ewi
thawr
it
ingspeed
of12Kbi
t/
s.

1.
Speedcanbei
ncr
easedupt
o8Mbi
t/
s.

2.
Inf
utur
ewr
it
espeedmi
ghti
ncr
easedt
osev
eral
gi
gaby
tepersecond.
3.
Glassi
sinex
pensi
veandpl
ent
if
ult
hist
echnol
ogy
hasav
erygoodchancet
obecomewi
del
yav
ail
abl
e
i
nthef
utur
e.
 ADVANTAGES
1.
Lar
gest
oragecapaci
ty

Adi
sct
hatdev
elopedont
hepr
inci
pleoff
ive
di
mensi
onal
opt
ical
recor
dingi
stosai
dtohav
ea
st
oragecapaci
tyof360t
eraby
te.

2.
LightandCompact

Af
ivedi
mensi
onal
opt
ical
recor
dingdev
ice
wi
l
lhav
edi
mensi
onscompar
abl
etoanor
mal
DVD,
hencemaki
ngl
i
ghtandcompat
ibl
e.

3.
Dat
asecur
it
y

I
tpr
ovi
desasaf
eandsecur
emet
hodofdat
a
st
orage.

4.
Compat
ibl
ewi
thexi
sti
ngt
echnol
ogy

Byr
educi
ngt
het
hicknessoft
hespacerwe
canr
educet
het
hicknessoft
her
ecor
dingdev
ic.

5.
Canbemanuf
act
uredonal
argescal
e

Thedr
iveordi
sccanbemanuf
act
uredona
l
argescal
eaccor
dingt
othedr
ivespeci
fi
cat
ions.
 DI
SADVANTAGES
1.
Slowwr
it
ingspeed

Si
ncet
hedat
adensi
tyi
shi
ght
hedi
scneeds
ahi
ghdat
atr
ansf
err
atehencewr
it
ingt
othedi
sc
asl
owpr
ocess.

2.
Impr
act
ical
it
yofusi
ngTi
tani
um Sapphi
re
Femt
osecondLaser

Cur
rent
lyt
her
esear
cheswher
ecar
ri
edbya
l
arget
it
ani
um sapphi
ref
emt
osecondl
aserwhi
ch
i
sver
ycost
lypr
ocess.Butt
hedev
eloper
sar
e
pl
anni
ngt
odev
elopacheaperandsmal
l
erdi
ode
l
aserwhi
chi
scompat
ibl
ewi
tht
hedr
ive.

3.
Re-
wri
tabi
li
ty

Si
ncet
heGol
dnanor
odsar
eal
ter
edf
rom i
ts
nat
ural
shapedur
ingwr
it
ingf
rom r
odst
ospher
es
r
ewr
it
abi
l
ltyi
snotpossi
ble.
 APPLI
CATI
ON
1.
Medi
calFi
eld

Mai
nlyusedt
ost
orei
nfor
mat
ionl
argedat
a
r
elat
edt
omagnet
icr
esonancei
magi
ngscans(
MRI
)
ofapat
ient
s.

2.
Mil
it
aryandSecur
it
yAr
enas

Pr
ovi
desal
i
ghtandcompactwayofst
ori
ng
hugedat
acor
respondi
ngt
oresear
chand
dev
elopmentdepar
tmentoft
hemi
l
itar
ywher
e
l
argemagnet
icst
oragedev
icesar
euse.

3.
Ent
ert
ainmentsect
or.

Actasal
argest
oragedev
icet
ost
oresuper
hi
ghdef
ini
ti
onorul
tr
ahi
ghdef
ini
ti
onv
ideos.

4.
Spacer
esear
ch

Usedt
ost
orehi
ghr
esol
uti
oni
magest
akenby
spacet
elescopesandi
tpr
ovi
desasi
ngl
epoi
ntof
dat
ast
oragef
ort
heent
ir
edat
apr
oducedby
space
sat
ell
i
tes.
 CONCLUSI
ON
I
nst
eadoft
hecur
rentt
hreedi
mensi
onopt
ical
st
oraget
echnol
ogi
es,
fiv
edi
mensi
onsDVDexpl
oit
s
t
hecol
ourandpol
ari
zat
ionofl
i
ghtast
woaddi
ti
onal
demensi
onsal
ongwi
tht
het
hreespat
ial
di
mensi
ons.

Thesemul
ti
plev
ari
abl
esmeant
hatt
hesame
v
olumeofspacecanhol
dmul
ti
plebi
tsi
nmul
ti
ple
way
s,t
her
easear
cher
sexpl
ain.

Fori
nst
ant
,aspacet
hatr
espondst
othr
ee
di
ff
erentcol
orsandt
wodi
ff
erentpol
ari
zat
ionscan
hol
dsi
xbi
ts.
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