An accelerating journey to the new era of Petabyte optical memory systems

光数据存储是光信息技术的核心内容之一，是全球公认的下一代高科技领域之一，可以促进经济的可持续发展。然而，蓝光或高清dvd的出现已经表明，目前的光学数据存储技术将很快接近大约100千兆字节的数据存储容量极限。我们将研究的开创性pb数据存储技术将使一张光盘的存储容量达到10,000张dvd，从而支撑我们现代生活的各个领域，如远程教育，便携式银行，全球电子安全和远程医疗，并为澳大利亚带来巨大的经济效益。

Optical data storage is one of the core aspects of optical information technology which has been globally recognised as one of the next generation high-technology areas that can boost our economy for sustainable development. However, the emergence of blue ray or high-definition DVDs has identified that current optical data storage technology will soon approach the limit of the data storage capacity of approximately 100 Gigabytes. The ground-breaking Petabyte data storage technology we will research will result in the storage capacity of 10,000 DVDs in one disc and thus underpin every sector of our modern life such as remote education, portable banking, global e-security and telemedicine as well as lead to enormous economic benefits in Australia.