Title :
The "Millipede"-more than one thousand tips for parallel and dense AFM data storage
Author :
Vettiger, P. ; Gross, G. ; Despont, M. ; Drechsler, U. ; During, U. ; Haberle, W. ; King, W.P. ; Lutwyche, M.I. ; Rothuizen, H. ; Stutz, R. ; Widmer, R. ; Binnig, G.K.
Author_Institution :
IBM Res. Div., Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
We report on a new atomic force microscope (AFM)-based data storage concept called the "Millipede" that has a potentially ultrahigh density, terabit capacity, small form factor, and high data rate. Its potential for ultra-high storage density was demonstrated by a new thermo-mechanical local-probe technique to store, read back, and erase data in very thin polymer films.
Keywords :
atomic force microscopy; digital storage; polymer films; Millipede; atomic force microscope; polymer film; thermomechanical local probe; ultra-high-density data storage; Atomic force microscopy; Coils; Etching; Image storage; Laboratories; Memory; Polymers; Resists; Silicon; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
Asia-Pacific Magnetic Recording Conference, 2000. APMRC 2000
Conference_Location :
Tokyo, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6254-3
DOI :
10.1109/APMRC.2000.898915
