In the end where the limits of hard disk storage? According to University of Southampton (University of Southampton) show 5D data records and read using a self-organized nanostructures glass, and femtosecond (megabytes per second) laser technology, allowing storage capacity per platter in the future be raised to 360TB, in addition to the ability of 超过 1000 ℃ high temperature, known as the long shelf life of up to millions of years (there is little doubt this).
Currently, the research team is looking for the commercialization of this technology possible, and, if successful, have the opportunity to bring about revolutionary progress storage areas.
5D technology includes the size, orientation, and the nanostructures three spatial position itself, but can be changed from the structure of the light propagation path in the glass, so that the occurrence of polarization, can be read by an optical microscope and a polariser conduct, somewhat similar polarizing sunglasses.
Recently scientists in this 5D ultrafast laser technology and save a 300Kb file, this file nanostructures using the three-point between points spaced 5 microns.
Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Professor Peter Kazansky director, said: "I thought I could make a man should live longer than the first file, I was pleasantly surprised and this technology will save human civilization evidence, and everything we have learned will not be forgotten. "
