Time Domain Spectral Hole-Burning Storage

Abstract

This work achieved several substantial results. A highly stabilized laser system suitable for many detailed studies of data storage phenomena was constructed and made to work. This laser was essential for the investigations which followed. Using the stabilized laser, a real time correlator was demonstrated, which correctly identified all occurances of a test sequence imbedded in random data. This correlator is the first demonstration of the use of phase modulation to store and retreive data in time domain hole-burning. In the frequency domain, narrow holes were burned and scanned, and information storage at a spectral density exceeding 50,000 bits per spot was demonstrated, with perfect recall and excellent signal to noise. We have also made the first demonstration of a novel technique for storing and retreiving phase modulated data streams with time domain spectral hole-burning. This demonstration has been disclosed for patent purposes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 02, 1994
Accession Number
ADA279912

Entities

People

  • Michael Jefferson

Organizations

  • International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acousto-Optic Modulators
  • Control Systems
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Detectors
  • Dye Lasers
  • Electro-Optic Modulators
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Domain
  • Frequency Shift
  • Liquid Dye Lasers
  • Materials
  • Modulation
  • Modulators
  • Optics
  • Phase Modulation
  • Time Domain

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Speech Processing/Speech Recognition.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy