Data for HVD

Holographic Versatile Disc

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1. INTRODUCTION

Holographic Versatile Disc (HVD) is an optical disc technology which would hold up to 3.9

terabytes (TB) of information. It employs a technique known as collinear holography,

whereby two lasers one red and one green are collimated in a single beam.

The 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. On a CD or DVD

this servo information is interspersed amongst the data.

Fig. 1.1 HVDs

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1.1 Definition:

The Holographic Versatile Disc (HVD) is an optical disc technology developed

between April 2004 and mid-2008 that can store up to several terabytes of data on an optical

disc the same size as a CD, DVD or Blu-ray disc. It employs a technique known as collinear

holography, whereby a green and red laser beam are collimated in a single beam. The green

laser reads data encoded as laser interference fringes from a holographic layer near the top of

the disc. A red laser is used as the reference beam to read servoinformation from a regular

CD-style aluminium layer near the bottom

1.2 Overview:

Current optical DATA STORAGE media, such as the CD and DVD store data as a

series of reflective marks on an internal surface of a disc. In order to increase storage

capacity, it is possible for discs to hold two or even more of these data layers, but their

number is severely limited since the addressing laser interacts with every layer that it passes

through on the way to and from the addressed layer. These interactions cause noise that limits

the technology to approximately 10 layers. 3D optical data storage methods circumvent this

issue by using addressing methods where only the specifically addressed VOXEL volumetric

pixel) interacts substantially with the addressing light. This necessarily involves nonlinear

data reading and writing methods, in particular nonlinear optics.

3D optical data storage is related to (and competes with) holographic data storage.

Traditional examples of holographic storage do not address in the third dimension, and are

therefore not strictly "3D", but more recently 3D holographic storage has been realized by the

use of microholograms. Layer selection multilayer technology (where a multilayer disc has

layers that can be individually activated e.g. electrically) is also closely related.

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Schematic representation of a cross-section through a 3D optical storage disc (yellow) along a

data track (orange marks). Four data layers are seen, with the laser currently addressing the

third from the top. The laser passes through the first two layers and only interacts with the

third, since here the light is at a high intensity.

As an example, a prototypical 3D optical data storage system may use a disk that looks

much like a transparent DVD. The disc contains many layers of information, each at a

different depth in the media and each consisting of a DVD-like spiral track. In order to record

information on the disc a laser is brought to a focus at a particular depth in the media that

corresponds to a particular information layer. When the laser is turned on it causes a

photchemical change in the media. As the disc spins and the read/write head moves along a

radius, the layer is written just as a DVD-R is written. The depth of the focus may then be

changed and another entirely different layer of information written. The distance between

layers may be 5 to 100 micrometers, allowing >100 layers of information to be stored on a

single disc.

In order to read the data back (in this example), a similar procedure is used except this

time instead of causing a photochemical change in the media the laser causes fluorescence.

This is achieved e.g. by using a lower laser power or a different laser wavelength. The

intensity or wavelength of the fluorescence is different depending on whether the media has

been written at that point, and so by measuring the emitted light the data is read.

The size of individual chromophore molecules or photoactive color centers is much

smaller than the size of the laser focus (which is determined by the diffraction limit). The light

therefore addresses a large number (possibly even 109) of molecules at any one time, so the

medium acts as a homogeneous mass rather than a matrix structured by the positions of

chromophores.


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2. History

The origins of the field date back to the 1950s, when Yehuda Hirshberg developed the

photochromic apyropyrance and suggested their use in data storage. In the 1970s, Valerie

Barachevskii demonstrated that this phototropism could be produced by two-photon

excitation, and finally at the end of the 1980s Peter T. Rentzepis showed that this could lead

to three-dimensional data storage. This proof-of-concept system stimulated a great deal of

research and development, and in the following decades many academic and commercial

groups have worked on 3D optical data storage products and technologies. Most of the

developed systems are based to some extent on the original ideas of Rentzepis. A wide range

of physical phenomena for data reading and recording have been investigated, large numbers

of chemical systems for the medium have been developed and evaluated, and extensive work

has been carried out in solving the problems associated with the optical systems required for

the reading and recording of data. Currently, several groups remain working on solutions with

various levels of development and interest in commercialization.


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3. CONSTRUCTION

Developments in this area deal with many firms, for example, Japan's Optware, but to date the

greatest success achieved founded in December 2000 by Lucent Technologies company

InPhase, which was able with the help of modern materials to realize the possibility of

holography on a new technical level.

New realization of holographic technology, also known as "holographic memory",

allows you to record 300 GB drive for information about ten times faster than modern

recording devices on conventional DVD - claimed the writing speed reaches 160 Mbit / s! In

theory, technology, to establish which InPhase announced in 2001, provides an opportunity to

write to disk 1.6 terabytes of data, and the writing speed of up to 960 Mbps, but so far only

method of production of spent carriers fewer and more simple equipment . According to

specialists, for one disc can be to write more than 240 hours in a televised video quality, more

than 18 months of radio broadcasts to 1.6 million high-resolution digital photos, or 780

million pieces of A4 paper with the text, which is comparable with the library, consisting of

four million volumes.

Fig 3.1 Optical Media Recorder

Wheels used for holographic recording, slightly more than the diameter of traditional optical

media - not their diameter is 12, and 13.3 cm, more precisely, 5.25 inches. In addition, the

new drives a little thicker than normal DVD. Wheels are placed in protective plastic cartridge

- recording and playback is done without extracting the holders of those cartridges.

The principle of recording holographic disc, according to InPhase Technologies, The

light laser beam is divided into two flow: signaling, which, actually, and passes useful

information and reference for performing official duties. In the place where these flows

intersect in recordable media, and a hologram.

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Fig 3.2 Process Of Storing Data

Encoding data in signal stream is made using the so-called spatial light modulator

(SLM), which transforms data from binary code, consisting of zeros and ones in the optical

matrix of light and dark pixels, reminiscent chessboard. Data merged into arrays or order page

volume million bits, the exact number is determined by modulator SLM.

The intersection of reference and signal flows formed hologram recorded in the

photosensitive layer media: in the places where the projected light pixels optical matrix, the

chemical reaction takes place, resulting in record holograms and implemented. By changing

the angle of the reference flow, the wavelength or position of the medium in the same site

photosensitive material can be written many different holograms. This method "multiplex"

record made it possible to significantly increase the density recording, and, consequently, the

potential capacity of the carrier. According to the developer, is currently recording density

using a Blu laser with a wavelength of 407 nanometers is more than 250 gigabytes per square

inch.

The principle of reading the data also very simple: the reference beam, aiming at the

vehicle, reflects from the hologram and reconstructed the recorded information which is

projected to an array of sensors that can read data in parallel from multiple holograms. In

parallel use of reading and lay a secret high-speed data transmission.



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Fig 3.3 Recover Data Holograms

The main challenge facing developers of InPhase Technologies, a search for suitable

material for data storage. Scientists from Bell Labs worked on this material for seven years,

and the result of their research was the material with brand names Tapestry, featuring high

photosensitivity, wide dynamic range, optical transparency, stability and spatial thermal

characteristics as well as easy to manufacture. This material and used the company InPhase

Technologies, isolated in their time of Bell Labs.

The disadvantage of the holders on the base polymer materials is a compression seal or

limiting the amount of data that could be placed on every cubic centimeter. The submission

Tapestry walked around this problem this way: this photopolymer consists of a mixture of two

compatible, but regardless polymerization chemical components. Wheels are formed by

natural polymerization one of the components, thus creating molecular grid serving as a

supporting environment. Another, photosensitive component does not pass phase

polymerization and dissolves in the lattice, making geometric stability achieved during the

recording of data and durability.

InPhase and specialists have developed a special process ZeroWave, providing flat production

of optical media at minimal cost, which will enable these carriers to be competitive in the

mass market.

Have been solved and a number of other problems hindering the commercial use of

holographic recording. In particular, was expanded working temperature range of recording



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layer, and in the recording and readers have been applied widespread inexpensive laser head

with a red and Blu laser. An array of sensors in new technology were serially produces

KPOM-matrix, which are fitted with digital cameras and of high quality along with an

acceptable price. In the role of spatial light modulators (SLM) played a digital micro-mirror

and ferro-electric modulators used in digital TV and video. Guaranteed term storage of data

on new media has been brought up to 50 years, which is comparable with conventional CD-

RW, claimed the longevity of 20 to 100 years, depending on the manufacturer.

Fig 3.4 Storage Technique

Representatives called InPhase Technologies mass merits of new technology, due to the

fact that on a small disk can store such volumes of data that today can be stored on multiple

hard drive expensive servers. One of the applications of holographic disks is, of course,

professional videotape, because these disks allow capture, edit, store and distribute video on

the same media.

Holographic technology provides a new level of copyright protection for digital

content: storage of data on full-depth recording layer complicates pirated discs replication,

and to verify the authenticity of the disk with the film or computer game can be used

holographic "watermarks".

The first television network that broadcasts videotape provided with holographic disc,

developed by InPhase Technologies, became a U.S. company Turner Network Television.

October 21, 2005 engineers of both companies on the disk, made by Hitachi Maxell,

advertisement of new technology. Advertising has been electronically read and transferred to

the server Turner Network Television, which issued after the broadcast in a strictly scheduled

time. In addition, the movie remains active and will be issued a broadcast to anyone who will

seek our schedule this cable network. The first public demonstration of holographic disks in

Japan was held at the International Broadcast Equipment Exhibition (InterBEE), held from 16

to18November in Tokyo.

Companies In Phase Technologies and Hitachi Maxell announced that the new media,

as well as recording and reproducing devices already available on the market in October 2006.


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First, selling CDs with the possibility of a one-time record volume of 300 GB, by the end of

2007 container carriers planned to bring up to 800 gigabytes, and by 2010 - up to 1.6

terabytes. Meanwhile, all the family will be back compatible. According to the Executive

Director In Phase Technologies Nelson Diaz, full backward compatibility is extremely

important for data storage, and this compatibility will be maintained and the rewritable disc

that must be submitted in 2007. Price first recorders, estimated to representatives of the

developer, range from 12000 to 15000 U.S. dollars, but with the growth of sales and increased

production drives the price could quickly fall.

Holographic discs produced by Hitachi Maxell at the Japanese factory in Tsukuba of

the components supplied by the German chemical concern Bayer. The final price with the

possibility of a single disc recording has not yet been determined, but estimated the

representatives of Japanese firms, it will be about 120 U.S. dollars. Money, but, with each

gigabytes of data storage will cost about 40 cents, for comparison, at 200 - gigabyte disk price

of $ 100 per gigabyte costs 50 cents. In other words, even at the stage of pilot samples

deposited gigabytes of data at the holographic disk cheaper than today's hard drive - a

promising indicator.


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4. 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. Aluminium reflective layer (reflecting red light)

9. Transparent base P. PIT

Fig 4.1 HVD Structure

4.1 Processes for creating written data

Data recording in a 3D optical storage medium requires that a change take place in the

medium upon excitation. This change is generally a photochemical reaction of some sort,

although other possibilities exist. Chemical reactions that have been investigated include

photoisomerizations, photodecomposition and photobleaching, and polymerization initiation.

Most investigated have been photochromic compounds, which include azobenzenes,

spiropyrans, stilbenes, fulgides and diarylethenes. If the photochemical change is reversible,

then rewritable data storage may be achieved, at least in principle. Also, multilevel recording,


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where data is written in ‘greyscale’ rather than as ‘on’ and ‘off’ signals, is technically

feasible.

4.1.1 Writing by nonresonant multiphoton absorption

Although there are many nonlinear optical phenomena, only multiphoton absorption is

capable of injecting into the media the significant energy required to electronically excite

molecular species and cause chemical reactions. Two-photon absorption is the strongest

multiphoton absorbance by far, but still it is a very weak phenomenon, leading to low media

sensitivity. Therefore, much research has been directed at providing chromophores with high

two-photon absorption cross-sections.

Writing by 2-photon absorption can be achieved by focusing the writing laser on the

point where the photochemical writing process is required. The wavelength of the writing

laser is chosen such that it is not linearly absorbed by the medium, and therefore it does not

interact with the medium except at the focal point. At the focal point 2-photon absorption

becomes significant, because it is a nonlinear process dependent on the square of the laser

fluence.

Fig 4.2 Layers Of Disc

Writing by 2-photon absorption can also be achieved by the action of two lasers in

coincidence. This method is typically used to achieve the parallel writing of information at

once. One laser passes through the media, defining a line or plane. The second laser is then

directed at the points on that line or plane that writing is desired. The coincidence of the lasers

at these points excited 2-photon absorption, leading to writing photochemistry.

4.1.2 Writing by sequential multiphoton absorption

Another approach to improving media sensitivity has been to employ resonant two-photon

absorption (also known as "1+1" or "sequential" 2-photon absorbance). Nonresonant two-

photon absorption (as is generally used) is weak since in order for excitation to take place, the

two exciting photons must arrive at the chromophore at almost exactly the same time. This is


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because the chromophore is unable to interact with a single photon alone. However, if the

chromophore has an energy level corresponding to the (weak) absorption of one photon then

this may be used as a stepping stone, allowing more freedom in the arrival time of photons

and therefore a much higher sensitivity. However, this approach results in a loss of

nonlinearity compared to nonresonant 2-photon absorbance (since each 1-photon absorption

step is essentially linear), and therefore risks compromising the 3D resolution of the system.

4.1.3 Microholography

In microholography, focused beams of light are used to record submicrometre-sized

holograms in a photorefractive material, usually by the use of collinear beams. The writing

process may use the same kinds of media that are used in other types of holographic data

storage, and may use 2-photon processes to form the holograms.

4.1.4 Data recording during manufacturing

Data may also be created in the manufacturing of the media, as is the case with most optical

disc formats for commercial data distribution. In this case, the user can not write to the disc -

it is a ROM format. Data may be written by a nonlinear optical method, but in this case the

use of very high power lasers is acceptable so media sensitivity becomes less of an issue.

The fabrication of discs containing data molded or printed into their 3D structure has

also been demonstrated. For example, a disc containing data in 3D may be constructed by

sandwiching together a large number of wafer-thin discs, each of which is molded or printed

with a single layer of information. The resulting ROM disc can then be read using a 3D

reading method.

4.2 Processes for reading data

The reading of data from 3D optical memories has been carried out in many different ways.

While some of these rely on the nonlinearity of the light-matter interaction to obtain 3D

resolution, others use methods that spatially filter the media's linear response. Reading

methods include:

Two photon absorption (resulting in either absorption or fluorescence). This method is

essentially two-photon microscopy.

Linear excitation of fluorescence with confocal detection. This method is essentially confocal

laser Scanning microscopy. It offers excitation with much lower laser powers than does two-

photon absorbance, but has some potential problems because the addressing light interacts

with many other data points in addition to the one being addressed.

Measurement of small differences in the refractive index between the two data states. This

method usually employs a phase contrast microscope or confocal reflection microscope. No

absorption of light is necessary, so there is no risk of damaging data while reading, but the

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required refractive index mismatch in the disc may limit the thickness (i.e. number of data

layers) that the media can reach due to the accumulated random wavefront errors that destroy

the focused spot quality.

Second harmonic generation has been demonstrated as a method to read data written into a

poled polymer matrix.

Optical coherence tomography has also been demonstrated as a parallel reading method.


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5. Media design

The active part of 3D optical storage media is usually an organicpolymer either doped or

grafted with the photochemically active species. Alternatively, crystalline and sol-gel

materials have been used.

5.1 Media form factor

Media for 3D optical data storage have been suggested in several form factors:

Disc. A disc media offers a progression from CD/DVD, and allows reading and writing to be

carried out by the familiar spinning disc method.

Card. A credit card form factor media is attractive from the point of view of portability and

convenience, but would be of a lower capacity than a disc.

Crystal, Cube or Sphere. Several science fiction writers have suggested small solids that store

massive amounts of information, and at least in principle this could be achieved with 3D

optical data storage.

5.2 Media manufacturing

The simplest method of manufacturing - the molding of a disk in one piece - is a possibility

for some systems. A more complex method of media manufacturing is for the media to be

constructed layer by layer. This is required if the data is to be physically created during

manufacture. However, layer-by-layer construction need not mean the sandwiching of many

layers together. Another alternative is to create the medium in a form analogous to a roll of

adhesive tape.

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6. Drive design

A drive designed to read and write to 3D optical data storage media may have a lot in

common with CD/DVD drives, particularly if the form factor and data structure of the media

is similar to that of CD or DVD. However, there are a number of notable differences that must

be taken into account when designing such a drive, including:

Laser. Particularly when 2-photon absorption is utilized, high-powered lasers may be required

that can be bulky, difficult to cool, and pose safety concerns. Existing optical drives utilize

continuous wavediode lasers operating at 780 nm, 658 nm, or 405 nm. 3D optical storage

drives may require solid-state lasers or pulsed lasers, and several examples use wavelengths

easily available by these technologies, such as 532 nm (green). These larger lasers can be

difficult to integrate into the read/write head of the optical drive.

Variable spherical aberration correction. Because the system must address different depths in

the medium, and at different depths the spherical aberration induced in the wavefront is

different, a method is required to dynamically account for these differences. Many possible

methods exist that include optical elements that swap in and out of the optical path, moving

elements, adaptive optics, and immersion lenses.

Optical system. In many examples of 3D optical data storage systems, several wavelengths

(colors) of light are used (e.g. reading laser, writing laser, signal; sometimes even two lasers

are required just for writing). Therefore, as well as coping with the high laser power and

variable spherical aberration, the optical system must combine and separate these different

colors of light as required.

Detection. In DVD drives, the signal produced from the disc is a reflection of the addressing

laser beam, and is therefore very intense. For 3D optical storage however, the signal must be

generated within the tiny volume that is addressed, and therefore it is much weaker than the

laser light. In addition, fluorescence is radiated in all directions from the addressed point, so

special light collection optics must be used to maximize the signal.

Data tracking. Once they are identified along the z-axis, individual layers of DVD-like data

may be accessed and tracked in similar ways to DVD discs. The possibility of using parallel

or page-based addressing has also been demonstrated. This allows much faster data transfer

rates, but requires the additional complexity of spatial light modulators, signal imaging, more

powerful lasers, and more complex data handling.

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7. How Holographic Memory Work

Devices that use light to store and read data have been the backbone of data storage for nearly

two decades. Compact discs revolutionized data storage in the early 1980s, allowing multi-

megabytes of data to be stored on a disc that has a diameter of a mere 12 centimeters and a

thickness of about 1.2 millimetres. In 1997, an improved version of the CD, called a digital

versatile disc (DVD), was released, which enabled the storage of full-length movies on a

single disc.

Fig 7.1 Complete Hologram

CDs and DVDs are the primary data storage methods for music, software, personal

computing and video. A CD can hold 783 megabytes of data, which is equivalent to about one

hour and 15 minutes of music, but Sony has plans to release a 1.3-gigabyte (GB) high-

capacity CD. A double-sided, double-layer DVD can hold 15.9 GB of data, which is about

eight hours of movies. These conventional storage mediums meet today's storage needs, but

storage technologies have to evolve to keep pace with increasing consumer demand. CDs,

DVDs and magnetic storage all store bits of information on the surface of a recording

medium. In order to increase storage capabilities, scientists are now working on a new optical

storage method, called holographic memory, that will go beneath the surface and use the

volume of the recording medium for storage, instead of only the surface area.


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8. Basics of Holographic Memory

The first step in understanding holographic memory is to understand what "holographic"

means. Holography is a method of recording patterns of light to produce a three-dimensional

object. The recorded patterns of light are called a hologram.

The process of creating a hologram begins with a focused beam of light -- a laser beam.

This laser beam is split into two separate beams: a reference beam, which remains unchanged

throughout much of the process, and an information beam, which passes through an image.

When light encounters an image, its composition changes . In a sense, once the information

beam encounters an image, it carries that image in its waveforms. When these two beams

intersect, it creates a pattern of light interference. If you record this pattern of light

interference -- for example, in a photosensitive polymer layer of a disc -- you are essentially

recording the light pattern of the image.

Fig 8.1 3-D image of the Death Star created by holography

To retrieve the information stored in a hologram, you shine the reference beam

directly onto the hologram. When it reflects off the hologram, it holds the light pattern of the

image stored there. You then send this reconstruction beam to a CMOS sensor to recreate the

original image.

Most of us think of holograms as storing the image of an object, like the Death Star

pictured above. The holographic memory systems we're discussing here use holograms to

store digital instead of analog information, but it's the same concept.Instead of the information

beam encountering a pattern of light that represents the Death Star, it encounters a pattern of

light and dark areas that represent ones and zeroes.


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Fig 8.2 Encoded page data

HVD offers several advantages over traditional storage technology. HVDs can

ultimately store more than 1 terabyte (TB) of information -- that's 200 times more than a

single-sided DVD and 20 times more than a current double-sided Blu-ray. This is partly due

to HVDs storing holograms in overlapping patterns, while a DVD basically stores bits of

information side-by-side. HVDs also use a thicker recording layer than DVDs -- an HVD

stores information in almost the entire volume of the disc, instead of just a single, thin layer.

The other major boost over conventional memory systems is HVD's transfer rate of up

to 1 gigabyte (GB) per second -- that's 40 times faster than DVD. An HVD stores and

retrieves an entire page of data, approximately 60,000 bits of information, in one pulse of

light, while a DVD stores and retrieves one bit of data in one pulse of light.


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9. Blu Ray

Fig 9.1 Blu Ray

Blu Ray is one of the newest methods in which people can enjoy media such as movies and

concerts from the comfort of their own home. Since the release of Blu Ray, a battle has waged

between HD DVD and Blu Ray of which has a higher quality and more enjoyable experience.

However, the big question that people often ask when thinking about getting a Blu Ray player

is simple.

9.1 How Does Blu Ray Work?

Before answering how it works, it is important to understand why it is the superior disk. To

begin with, a Blu Ray disk can hold up to 27 GB of data. This means that it can hold up to 2

hours of a high definition movie. Regular DVDs can’t do that. They can hold only about 4.7

GB of data. In other words, a standard DVD can only hold enough for a regular movie let

along a high definition.

The reason for this is because of the design of the Blu Ray disk and the type of laser

that is used. Unlike a DVD which uses a red laser, Blu Ray–hence the name–uses a Blu laser.

Because the Blu laser has a shorter wavelength (405 nanometers) in comparison to the red

laser which has a longer wavelength (650 nanometers), the Blu laser is able to focus better on

individual pits. The pit of a disk is where the data is stored. The more pits that a disk has and

the closer together that they are, the more data a disk can store. In other words, more pits

equals more data. The problem with DVD was that their red laser couldn’t read the pits that

were so close together so they needed to be bigger. Unfortunately, this reduced the amount of

space that a DVD could hold.


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For example, a Blu Ray laser is able to read a pit that is 0.15 microns in size. This is

two times smaller than the average size pit that a red laser can read. When spread out on an

average Blu Ray disk, it’s easy to understand why Blu Ray is able to hold more information.

Because it can hold more information and because the laser can be so accurate and focused,

the picture that comes up on the television is more precise.

So, a Blu Ray player works by hitting the individual pits on a Blu Ray disk with a

highly targeted Blu laser. Because of its short wave length, it can be more focused than the

red laser used by a DVD player. Therefore, the quality is greater and the amount that can be

stored on the disk is greater.


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10. Applications

While holographic storage is currently mostly theoretical, several working models have

already been produced. Future versions of holographic storage devices will have many

different functions. For example, holographic storage devices will be able to store large

amounts of information for extremely long periods of time and access files at extremely high

speeds. This means that both commercial and domestic users will be able to archive files and

preserve them without worrying about losing their data. Additionally, holographic storage

devices will be able to use their high transfer rates and large storage capabilities to perform

complex calculations at much faster speeds than any supercomputer today.


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Advantages:

11.1 Storage Capacity

The most important advantage of the Holographic Versatile Disc is the increased storage capacity

which is provided by the unique encoding on the discs themselves. Traditional digital discs like the

CD relied on a system of grooves on the outside of the disc which were read by a laser system and

turned into data. A holographic disc has several layers which a laser penetrates to create a three

dimensional image which is converted to data.

11.2 Transfer Rate

Because more data is stored on every physical inch of a holographic disc, the transfer rate of the

information is much faster than for other storage mediums. A Holographic Versatile Disc has a

transfer speed of 1-gigabyte per second. This is 40 times faster than a DVD. When the device is

installed in a home it provides the advantage of improved audio and video content as well as reduced

load times.

11.3 Backup

Due to both the increased storage capacity and the increased transfer rate of Holographic Versatile

Discs, the first applications for the technology could be in computer backup. The technology will

initially be prohibitively expensive for most home use. This will change in time, before that however

the advantages of large storage and speedy access will make the discs very useful for those in

business who require the regular backup of their digital files.

Disadvantages:

The initial price of the player and discs themselves are far more expensive than HD-DVD or

Blu-ray.

It could be argued that the public is not entirely ready for even the costs or benefits of Blu-

ray or HD-DVD, much less HVD.


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12. Manufacturers

1. CMC Magnetics Corporation

2. FUJI PHOTO FILM CO. LTD.

3. Nippon Paint Co., Ltd.

4. Optware Corporation

5. Pulstec Industrial Co., Ltd.

6. TOAGOSEI CO., LTD.

Advocates of "Holographic Versatile Disc (HVD)" announced today to form "HVD Alliance"

to accelerate the development of HVD, to develop a marketplace and to promote this

revolutionary technology and products. A technical committee, TC44 to discuss the

standardization of "Holographic Versatile Disc (HVD)" was approved at 88th Ecma

International General Assembly on December 9th 2004. The first TC44 meeting will be held

in Tokyo on March 3rd and 4th.


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13. Photography Vs Holography

In photography, one is concerned only with the brightness or irradiance distribution (square of

the amplitude) of the image. The optical path to different parts of the object is not recorded as

the photographic emulsion is a square law detector and records only the amplitude.

In holography, the aim is to record complete wave field (both amplitude and phase) as it

is intercepted by a recording medium. The recording plane may not be even an image plane.

The scattered or reflected light by the object is intercepted by the recording medium and

recorded completely in spite of the fact that the detector is insensitive to the phase differences

among the various parts of the optical field.

In 1948 Denis Gabor gave an ingenious solution to the problem of recording phase

information by means of a background wave, which converts phase differences into intensity

differences. He introduced a two step lensless imaging process known as wavefront

reconstruction technique or holography (Greek word holos means whole, complete), in which

an interference between the object field and the background wave (known as reference wave)

is formed and recorded on a photographic material. The record known as a hologram (whole

record) captures the complete wave which can be viewed at a later time by illuminating the

hologram with an appropriate light beam.

Thus, in holography an interference between the light reflected and scattered by the

object, called the object (signal) beam and a reference beam is created and recorded on a

photographic emulsion. If the amplitude of the signal beam remains constant and the angle

between the beams increases, the fringes will become finer. On the other hand, if the phase

relation between the two interfering beams remain constant but the amplitude of the object

beam changes, the contrast of the fringes will change. By this process the complex object

information gets coded in the form of complicated fringe pattern.

The object can be considered to be made up of a large number of point sources distributed in a

three dimensional space. Each point of the object will interfere with the reference and produce

fringes. The fringe patterns generated by different points will be varying in orientation,

contrast and spacing.

Gabor showed the applicability of this new process of wavefront recording by using a

mercury discharge lamp and taking collinear object and reference beams. The original in-line

technique of Gabor produces both virtual and real images on the same axis, thus an observer

focussing on one image, always sees it accompanied by the out-of-focus twin image.


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14. Available in Market

Now available on 1 terabyte to 5 terabyte drives and media.

1 tera byte to 5 terabyte drives has been officially released today.

Priced at $199 US for the burner drives for computers.

1 tera byte media $9.95 US.





The computer drives run on sata 2 connections and push data through at

up to 300Mb / sec which is many times faster than the current drivescan move data or video

to.

Terabyte players which are backward compatible with dvd players have the price set at

$399 US. These players will record and play to divxmedia.

HDV has turned their nose at copy protection. They will not be bullied

by Hollywood. It is thought the new way of storage will revolutionizethe industry. Hollywood

may block this but many others will be able tobackup their large movie collection of hundreds

of dvd's straight toone terabyte disk.


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15. Conclusion

Holography Versatile Disc(HVD) is the best alternative of the DVD & VCD technologies . They have

awesome Memory storage Capacity, also they will have a better transfer rates then other technologies.

It has high refresh rates with faster response time.Because of this features HVD surely going to replace

DVD & VCD technologies. Thus we have miscellaneous system working for us in future.

So, what we can do is to just wait and watch for new golden year of these technology.

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Data for HVD