99--TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY HIGH DENSITY OPTICAL DATA STORAGE SYSTEM

NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA solicits interest from companiesinterested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market thefollowing technology. License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basisand may include specific fields of use. THE TECHNOLOGY: NASA Langley researchers have developed a novel approach for a high-density optical datastorage system to advance the typical capabilities of an optical data storage system.Operating at any laser wavelength from infrared (IR), visible, ultraviolet (UV), andX-ray regime, the NASA technology utilizes special beam focusing techniques to achieveextremely short focal lengths and ultra-small spot sizes. The technology could be usedwith any laser wavelength, from IR to UV, and soft X-ray regime can be adapted to takeadvantage of any optical media. The high density data storage capability is solely afunction of the reduced laser/X-ray spot size.To express interest in this opportunity, please respond to Sean Sullivan, ResearchTriangle International (RTI), at: NASA Langley Research Center, Strategic RelationshipsOffice (SRSO), 17 West Taylor St., Mail Stop 218, Building 1212, Room 110 Hampton,Virginia, E-mail: [email protected], or phone: 757-864-5055. Please indicate thedate and title of the FBO notice and include your company and contact information.RTI is responsible for aggregating and acknowledging all responses. These responses areprovided to members of NASA Langleys Innovative Partnerships Office within the SRO forthe purpose of promoting public awareness of our technology products, and conductingpreliminary market research to determine public interest in and potential for futurelicensing opportunities. If direct licensing interest results from this posting, SRO willfollow the formal licensing process of posting in the Federal Register as required. Nofollow-on procurement is expected to result from responses to this Notice.