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Holographic memory uses holograms to store data in three dimensions at very high densities. Holographic Versatile Discs (HVDs) are an optical disc technology that can store up to 3.9 terabytes of data using two lasers and holograms recorded in photopolymers. Data is written to HVDs by encoding it as holographic interference patterns and read by reconstructing the patterns with reference beams. HVDs offer much higher storage capacities and faster read/write speeds than existing formats like CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays, making holographic memory a promising next-generation storage technology.

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Holographic memory uses holograms to store data in three dimensions at very high densities. Holographic Versatile Discs (HVDs) are an optical disc technology that can store up to 3.9 terabytes of data using two lasers and holograms recorded in photopolymers. Data is written to HVDs by encoding it as holographic interference patterns and read by reconstructing the patterns with reference beams. HVDs offer much higher storage capacities and faster read/write speeds than existing formats like CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays, making holographic memory a promising next-generation storage technology.

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Holographic Memory

Submitted By:

Chinmayee Suresh Honnavar


6th Sem BCA
CONTENTS

1. Introduction.
2. What is Holographic memory?
3. What is HVD?
4. Structure of HVD.
5. How HVD Works?
I. Writing Data
II. Reading Data
6. Advantages of HVD
7. How HVD compares with other
storage device?
8. Conclusion
INTRODUCTION
 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 store the
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.
What is Holographic Memory ?
 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,holographic
storage has the potential to become the next
generation of storage media.
 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).
Holographic Versatile Disc
 Holographic Versatile Disc (HVD) is an optical disc
technology still in the research stage which would hold up
to 3.9 terabyte (TB) of information.

 It employs a technique known as collinear holography,


whereby two lasers, one red and one blue-green, are
collimated in 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
aluminum layer near the bottom.
Holographic Versatile Disc
 These discs have the capacity to hold
up to 3.9 terabyte (TB) of information,
which is approximately 6,000 times the
capacity of a CD-ROM, 830 times the
capacity of a DVD, 160 times the
capacity of single-layer Blu-ray-Discs,
and about 8 times the capacity of
standard computer hard drives as of
2007.
 The HVD also has a transfer rate of
1gigabyte/s
Holographic Versatile Disc Structure
• 1. Green writing/reading laser
(532 nm)
• 2. Red positioning/addressing
laser (650 nm)
• 3. Hologram (data)
• 4. Polycarbon layer
• 5. Photo polymeric layer (data-
containing layer)
• 6. Distance layers
• 7. Dichroic layer (reflecting green
light)
• 8. Aluminum reflective layer
(reflecting red light)
• 9. Transparent base
The HVD System: Writing Data
The HVD System: Writing Data

• The process of writing information onto an HVD


begins with encoding the information into binary
data to be stored in the SLM. These data are turned
into ones and zeroes represented as opaque or
translucent areas on a "page" -- this page is the
image that the information beam is going to pass
through.
The HVD System: Writing Data
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
The HVD System: Reading Data
The HVD System: Reading Data
• In order to retrieve and reconstruct the holographic page of data
stored in the crystal, the reference beam is shined into the crystal
at exactly the same angle at which it entered to store that page of
data.
• Each page of data is stored in a different area of the crystal, based
on the angle at which the reference beam strikes it.
• During reconstruction, the beam will be diffracted by the crystal to
allow the recreation of the original page that was stored.
• This reconstructed page is then projected onto the charge-coupled
device (CCD) camera, which interprets and forwards the digital
information to a computer.
• The key component of any holographic data storage system is the
angle at which the second reference beam is fired at the crystal to
retrieve a page of data. It must match the original reference beam
angle exactly. A difference of just a thousandth of a millimeter will
result in failure to retrieve that page of data.
Advantages of HVD
1. Resistance to damage - If some parts of the medium are
damaged, all information can still be obtained from other
parts.
2. Efficient retrieval - All information can be retrieved from
any part of the medium.
3. These discs have the capacity to hold up to 3.9 terabyte
(TB) of information, which is approximately 6,000 times the
capacity of a CD-ROM, 830 times the capacity of a DVD, 160
times the capacity of single-layer Blu-ray-Discs, and about
48 times the capacity of standard computer hard drives.
4. The HVD also has a transfer rate of 1 gigabit/s.
5. While reading a page the entire page of data can be
retrieved quickly and at one time .
HVD Compares With Other Storage Device

  Blu-ray HD-DVD HVD

Initial cost for


Approx. $18 Approx. $10 Approx. $120
recordable disc

Initial cost for


Approx. $2,000 Approx. $2,000 Approx. $3,000
recorder/player

Initial storage
54 GB 30 GB 300 GB (max 3.9 TB)
capacity

Read/write
36.5 Mbps 36.5 Mbps 1 Gbps
speed
Road Map of HVD
CONCLUSION
• Capacity increased from 3oo Gbyte to 3.9 TB
• No need to turn over the CD,DVD,HD-DVD,etc.

• Three-dimensional data storage , store

information in a smaller space and faster

data transfer times .


• The HVD playing device would have data

rates 25 times faster than today's fastest DVD


players.
THANK YOU

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