holographic memory
DESCRIPTION
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.It provides data to be written beneath the surface of the disc.Holographic memory can store up to 1 Tb in a storage medium the size of a sugar cube crystal.TRANSCRIPT
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HOLOGRAPHIC MEMORY
What is Holographic Memory ?
• 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.
• It provides data to be written beneath the surface of the disc.
• Holographic memory can store up to 1 Tb in a storage medium the size of a sugar cube crystal.
To spilt the laser beam
To direct the laser beams
spatial light modulator
photopolymer
Interprets the digital
informationBlue-green argon laser
Beam splitters
Mirrors
LCD panel
Lithium-niobate crystal
CCD camera
Basic Components
Working Principle
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Creating Holograms
Reconstructing the image
Shift Characteristics
Shift multiplexingread/write can bedone at 3μpitch
Read-out Page DataShift:
1μm pitch
Y
X
2μm
3μm
1μm
Properties of Hologram
• A block or sheet of photosensitive material which records the diffraction of two light sources.
• A laser beam is splitted into two beams: Source beam Reference beam
• The two beams diffracts to form the image on the recording medium.
Spatial light modulator
• It is used for creating binary information out of laser light.
• It is a 2D plane, consisting of pixels which can be turned on and off to create binary 1.s and 0.s.
• It contains a two-dimensional array of windows, which are only microns wide.
Page Data Access
• As the data is stored in the form of holograms, data retrieval must be in the same form.
• So, a holographic system sends data in the form of pages.
• It provides fast access times.
Error Correction
• As the density of data is massive, it is prone to errors.
• Errors can be controlled by:o Recording errorso Page level parity bitso Interfacing
Recording Errors
• Cause: Noise generated by laser beam
• Result: Can change a binary 0 to binary 1
• Possible Solution: Improvement in laser beam and recording material
Page-level Parity Bits
• Data is stored in the form of 2-D array
• Odd no. of bits accounts for parity 1
• Even no. of bits accounts for parity 0
• Parity check bits are used to identify any errors present in the array
APPLICATIONS OF HOLOGRAPHY
• Product packaging
• Data mining
• Holograms are used in credit card, license, books, magazine.
• Used in airplanes etc. in heads up display
• Used in testing for fractures and quality control.
• Application in future computer system.
• Used in 3-D projection of artistic images or expressions.
CONCLUSION
There is bright scope of advancement in the field of holography. The holographic storage provide high data density . It can easily store 1000GB of data in a small cubic centimeter crystal reducing the cost on the other hand .It may offer high data transfer rate. Till, the holographic storage is at the beginning stage, it will mark its existence soon in the market.
References
• www.almaden.com
• www.eik.bme.hu
• www.vision.caltech.edu
• Mansi, Mark “the hard disk survival guide” , BPB publications , 1993
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