Two Photon WORM" Optical Data Storage"

Triton Systems, Inc. and it's team members proposes to develop a novel method to increase the capability of current state of the technology in optical data storage to achieve or exceed one terabit/in2 with improved data access rates. Triton's team willuse its proprietary multilayer fluorescence technology to expand data storage to three dimensions. The proposed technology utilizes sub-Rayleigh spot sizes without the need for near field optics. In the digitized battlefield of the future, the LandWarrior will require the ability to carry higher quantities of information; this requires higher data storage density in a small package. In the proposed Phase I program, Triton's team will create a proof of principle device that will demonstrate theability to write once read many (WORM) to an optical medium. Triton views this proposed development program as a superb opportunity to transition its polycarbonate and multilayer fluorescence technology into the optical data storage marketplace. Becauseof the exploding use of DVD's and CD's, the consumption of polycarbonate is expected to double within five years to reach 770,000 tons in 2005. Currently roughly 4% of the polycarbonate goes to DVD's; this is expected to increase to 23% by the year 2005.To meet the increased demand, Bayer has launched a series of expansions, starting in 1999 and valued at $860 Million, which should double the company's current capacity to almost 1.3 million tons by 2005.