Holographic Versatile Disc

Download as ppt, pdf, or txt
Download as ppt, pdf, or txt
You are on page 1of 25

w 

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
% %
 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.
ô 
   

 It is a memory that can store information in form of holographic image.

 It is a technique that can store information at high density inside


crystals or photopolymers.

 As current storage techniques such as DVD reach the upper limit of


possible data density (due to the diffraction limited size of the writing
beams), holographic storage has the potential to become the next
generation of storage media.

 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.
ô  
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.

Ú Holographic Versatile Disc (HVD) is an optical disc


technology still in the research stage which would hold up to 3.9
terabytes (TB) of information .

Ú The first step in understanding holographic memory is to understand


what "holographic" means.

Holography : Holography is a method of recording patterns of light to


produce a three-dimensional object.
Hologram : The recorded paterns of light are called a hologram
c  
 


  
Œ 

  
 
   
 


 
 

 Œ

 
 
 

 
 
  



 
 

    
c !"# 

 
$  !"
×  ×

Ú Data transfer rate: 1gbps

Ú HVDs manage to store 60,000 bits per pulse in the


same place

Ú With MPEG4 ASP encoding, a HVD can hold


anywhere between 4,600-11,900 hours of video.
 


Ú Green writing/reading laser (532 nm)
Ú Red positioning/addressing laser (650 nm)
Ú Hologram (data)
Ú Polycarbon layer
Ú Photopolymeric layer (data-containing layer)
Ú Distance layers
Ú Dichotic layer (reflecting green light)
Ú Aluminium reflective layer (reflecting red light)
$ %
&
'(
 ) 
 &
*'
( !  

+ ,    
' ,
   

 
 
* #
 
 #  



- .
  



/   

ô

 
  HVD uses a technology called 'collinear holography,' in
which two laser rays, one blue-green and one red, are
collimated into a single beam..

  The blue-green laser reads data encoded as laser


interference fringes from a holographic layer near the top of
the disc while the red laser is used as the reference beam
and to read servo information from a regular CD-style
aluminium layer near the bottom.

  Servo information is used to monitor the position of the


read head over the disc, similar to the head, track, and
sector information on a conventional hard disk drive.
ô% % %
 ô
  
Ú A simplified HVD system consists of the following
main components:
Ú Blue or green laser (532-nm wavelength in the test
system)
Ú Beam splitter/merger
Ú Mirrors
Ú Spatial light modulator (SLM)
Ú CMOS sensor
Ú Polymer recording medium
{     

     



c    
 
  
!"#
 

 
 
!# 


$%
 



 0  
 1 


2 2
 



#&# !  

 
  
ô
 
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
Ú ô
 
   
  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.
J    
 

J
ô!"#



 
 0




 
   
 
   
 !##"#


 


 
£   

  
     
   

  
      
 

  !
"# $£  $£  $£
 
%& 
'" ( '" (  $

©   
Ú High Storage capacity of 3.9 terabyte(TB) enables user
to store large amount of data.

Ú Records high-definition television (HDTV) without


any quality loss.

Ú Records one program while watching another on the


disc.

Ú Edit or reorder programs recorded on the disc.

Ú Automatically search for an empty space on the disc to


avoid recording over a program.
7 
8888

 r
 


3




   




 
 


 4  
56 
7##"#


  

 !"# 
$
%
 +


#"#

 .!"#

 
  

  
 *
  
  
 
#"#

  

 
   

  !

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 Alps Electric Corporation, Ltd.


Ú Optware Corporation
Ú CMC Magnetics Corporation
Ú Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc. (DIC)
Ú EMTEC International (subsidiary of the MPO Group)
Ú Fuji Photo Film Company, Ltd.
Ú Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
Ú LiteOn Technology Corporation
Ú Mitsubishi Kagaku Media Company, Ltd. (MKM)
    
Ú HVD will soon replace previous DVDs.

Ú It is currently supported by more than 170 of the world's


leading consumer electronics, personal computer,
recording media, video game and music companies.

Ú The format also has broad support from the major movie
studios as a successor to today's DVD format.

Ú Holographic Versatile Disc already has the backing of seven


out of eight leading Hollywood studios. It will soon be able
to enjoy a growing range of film entertainment with
unsurpassed Full HD pictures and cinema-quality multi-
channel sound.
 "
 
Ú http://www.tech-faq.com/hvd.shtml.

Ú http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/hvd.html

Ú http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_Versatile_Dis
c

Ú http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1759907,00.asp

Ú http://www.news.com/Group-aims-to-drastically-up-
disc-storage/2100-1041_3-5562599.html

You might also like