We are entering an age of data explosion. The volume of digital information generated from the internet and from portable and high-definition video devices has doubled every two years since 2000 and ...

An optical memory based on a semiconductor ring laser is under development in a new project by a pan-European consortium of universities and companies. Photonics scientists have long sought an optical ...

Historically, the recording and storage of information have undergone a technological evolution from paintings to carvings, scribing and digitization, as illustrated in Figure 1. The major revolution ...