Surface-enhanced Raman optical data storage (SERODS) systems having increased reading and writing speeds, that is, increased data transfer rates, are disclosed. In the various SERODS read and write systems, the surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) data is written and read using a two-dimensional...http://www.google.com.au/patents/US6614730?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6614730 - SERODS optical data storage with parallel signal transfer