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Three-dimensional two-photon memory materials and systems

Ford et al., 1993

Document ID
14573611253206709892
Author
Ford J
Hunter S
Piyaket R
Fainman Y
Esener S
Dvornikov A
Rentzepis P
Publication year
Publication venue
Organic and Biological Optoelectronics

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We have been developing a two-photon 3-D memory expected to provide a Tbit storage capacity and a 1 ms access time for secondary storage. Even with this new technology, there still exists a four order of magnitude gap in access times between electronic RAMS and …
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