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Publication
LEOS 1990
Conference paper
Status and prospects for optical data storage
Abstract
• Key attributes of optical storage technology - Removability - High capacity - Low cost replication • Optical data storage is here now - R/W reversible products are shipping - Image libraries - CD-ROM and CD-Audio • Future directions - Increased density short-wavelength lasers coding and detection improved media - Improved performance direct overwrite laser arrays lower mass optical heads