Laboratory Facilities

Housed in the College of Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona, the Optical Data Storage Center's laboratory facilities are among the world's best equipped. In state-of-the-art testing and characterization facilities, scientists study recording materials and optical systems design over a wide spectral range and in many form factors. Other research programs relate to data reliability such as recording format, coding and error-handling.

Using unique hardware developed at the College of Optical Sciences, ODSC scientists are characterizing actual error distributions and sophisticated channel models. Faculty members and researchers have also developed extensive diffractive modeling capabilities to propagate wavefronts to and from the disk for the study of optical system design, signal acquisition, and recording margins.

ODSC's rare combination of unique equipment, world-class scientists, talented graduate students and an innovative research staff have positioned the Optical Data Storage Center's research results on the leading edge of the industry. Graduates of the program are in demand and fill many key industry positions.

The ODSC Laboratories