Ultra-Dense Optical Mass Storage

Abstract

This Final Report describes the results of a Phase I SBIR project to investigate the feasibility and practicality of utilizing Spectral Hole Burning (SHB) media as the basis of a high capacity optical memory system. Our concept has the potential for providing enormous storage capacities (on the order of 10th to the 12th power bits and larger) in commercially viable systems. This report summarizes our analyses and shows that the necessary system components as well as material properties presently exist (or are under rapid development) which can make such a memory system a practical reality and not simply a theoretical possibility. The ultimate system design is expected to be a high capacity unit of modest physical size which has low power requirements, high data rate, and an access time suitable to be useful to a broadbased user community.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 11, 1991
Accession Number
ADA232767

Entities

People

  • Philip D. Henshaw
  • Steven A. Lis

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Computer Programming
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Databases
  • Dye Lasers
  • Laser Applications
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Diodes
  • Light (Electromagnetic Radiation)
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Memory Devices
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Refractive Index
  • Semiconductors

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Systems Analysis and Design