PPT ON FLUROSCENT MULTI LAYER DISC

SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY IN ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

SUBMITTED TO: (H.O.D. E.C.E. Deptt.)

SUBMITTED BY: JAIL SINGH Roll No. 5309219 E.C.E. B. Tech.,8 th Sem.

HINDUSTAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT DHEEN (AMBALA) KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY, KURUKSHETRA

FLUROSCENT MULTILAYER DISC

FLUORESCENT MULTILAYER DISC

What is FMD? Fluorescent Multilayer disc is an optical disc that uses

fluorescent rather than reflective material to store data. It is an three dimensional storage disc.

Why FMD?
Increased disc Capacity.
Quick parallel access and retrieval information. Media tolerances. Usage Flexibility.

Operating Principle:
The principle operation of FMD is based on a phenomenon of photochromism. The laser beam when focused on the information

material the material starts radiating than reflecting. The laser beam causes the photochrome material to posses the fluorescent properties . The fluorescence is caught up by a device called photo receiver.

 The usage of photochrome material with increasing

the number of information layers do not make the signal worse which is not in case of other optical discs.
The developers state that with blue laser(480nm) it is possible to increase density up to Terabytes on the disc. This technology prevents the problem of interference

since we are using photochrome material which posses the fluorescent properties.

Model of FMD:

Comparison of Disc Layers:

FMD READ DEVICES

Parallel Reading- this

technology allows parallel reading; it means that a sequence of bits is recorded not along a track but deep into layers. That's why we receive three types of data reading: successive, successive-parallel and parallel. And the reading speed reaches 1 Gigabit/s. We should notice that mechanical speed of the drive is 450 times lower than that of DVD.

TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW
In case of fluorescent discs the

quality of the signal gets affected much slower with increasing number of layers. According to FMD-ROM developers, even with a hundred layers a useful signal will be acceptable. They also state that with a blue laser (480 nm) it is possible to increase record density up to tens of Terabyte on one FM disc. Also features parallel reading.

Technological Process:
Hot Stamping: The layer is pressed with

polycarbonate and stamped twice with hot temperature. This results in two information layer with pits on each side and filled with fluorescent material.
Photoploymerisation:This process is carried out in

order to prevent a physical contact with information layer on the edge of the disc this is filled with polymeric material.

Advantages of FMD:
Prevents problem of interference since it uses an

incoherent fluorescent light. Compatible with CD and DVD formats with more storage area and faster access. Fluorescent technology do not require special manufacturing conditions.

Applications:
Data warehouses.
HDTV. Mobile phones . PVR(Digital Cinema Film) Ability to store the whole of a series of TV

programme (e.g. 20 episodes)

CD vs DVD vs FMD:
PARAMETERS CD DVD FMD

1. Disc diameter
2. Capacity 3. Wavelength 4. Distance b/w tracks 5.No.of layers

120mm
750MB 780nm 1.6micron

120mm
4GB 650nm 0.85micron

120mm
50GB+ 480-530nm 0.80micron

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