Looking at optical disk storage technology

Abstract

The field of information science is currently in the midst of another technological revolution --- one that promises to alter our lives in ways yet to be imagined. This revolution is being led by a vanguard of highly collimated electromagnetic radiation; an aggregation more commonly known as a laser beam. This laser beam is being used to store and retrieve data at vastly greater densities and at far greater speeds than today's most sophisticated methods of data storage and retrieval. It is this breakthrough that has given rise to a number of new technological innovations. These innovations are heralding a new era for such diverse fields as educational psychology, computer science and stereophony.