Roberto Merlin, a physics professor at University of Michigan, has
developed a formula that will remove wavelength limitations that
currently restrict the amount of data that can be stored on CDs. He is
now working to build the device that will carry out the task.
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Merlin is now working with assistant professor Anthony Grbic from
the UM College of Engineering to build the device, and they have filed
for a patent. His research on the discovery will be published online
July 12 in
Science Express.
The discovery holds promise for applications in data storage,
non-contact sensing, imaging, and nanolithography. With the new
technology, a CD could hold up to one hundred times more information by
using terahertz radiation rather than visible light, even though the
length of a terahertz wave is about 1000 times longer.
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