Defects in diamond: A unique platform for optical data storage in 3-D

In the world of big data, there are limitations on how to store large volumes of information. Typical home-computer hard disk drives consume a lot of power and are limited to a few terabytes per drive. Optical storage media like DVD and Blu-ray are energy efficient and cheap, but storage densities are very low due to the planar nature of the discs and the ever-daunting optical diffraction limit. However, researchers have made inroads into developing a 3-D diamond chip that could store vastly mor