Holographic Versatile Disc
Holographic Versatile Disc
Holographic Versatile Disc
c Introduction
c What is holographic memory ?
c What is HVD ?
c Holographic Versatile Disc Structure
c Working Principle
c HVD Write System
c HVD Read System
c How HVD compares Others ?
c Advantages
c HVD Forum
c Conclusion
c References
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As computer systems continue to become faster, they will
need a way to access larger amounts of data in shorter
periods of time.
Holographic memory is a three-dimensional data storage
system that can stored information at high density inside
the crystal or photopolymer.
Hence holographic storage system has the potential to
became the next storage generation over conventional
storage system.
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It is a memory that can store information in form of holographic image.
Like other media, holographic media is divided into write once (where
the storage medium undergoes some irreversible change), and
rewritable media (where the change is reversible). Rewritable
holographic storage can be achieved via the photo refractive effect in
crystals.
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Ú An HVD is an advanced optical disk thatǯs presently in the
development stage. Polaroid scientist J van Heerden was the first to
come up with the idea for holographic three-dimensional storage in
1960.
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1. Once the page of data is created, the next step is to fire a laser beam
into a beam splitter to produce two identical beams. One of the
beams is directed away from the SLM -- this beam becomes the
reference beam. The other beam is directed toward the SLM and
becomes the information beam.
2. When the information beam passes through the SLM, portions of the
light are blocked by the opaque areas of the page, and portions pass
through the translucent areas. In this way, the information beam
carries the image once it passes through the SLM.
3. When the reference beam and the information beam rejoin on the
same axis, they create a pattern of light interference -- the
holography data. This joint beam carries the interference pattern to
the photopolymer disc and stores it there as a hologram
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To read the data from an HVD, you need to retrieve the
light pattern stored in the hologram.
In the HVD read system, the laser projects a light beam
onto the hologram -- a light beam -- a light beam that is
identical to the reference beam.
The hologram diffracts this beam according to the specific
pattern of light interference it's storing.
The resulting light recreates the image of the page data that
established the light-interference pattern in the first place.
When this beam of light -- the reconstruction beam --
bounces back off the disc it travels to the CMOS sensor that
reproduces the page data.
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The HVD FORUM (formerly the HVD Alliance) is a coalition of corporations
purposed to provide an industry forum for testing and technical discussion
of all aspects of HVD design & manufacturing.
Ú The format also has broad support from the major movie
studios as a successor to today's DVD format.
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