WELCOME

3D OPTICAL DATA
STORAGE
 Introduction
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§ Popularity and rate of adoption of
optical disc has been unparalleled in
the history of consumer electronics.
§ volumetric nature of data structure.
§ Distance between layers may be 5 to
100 micrometers.
§ Greater than 100 layers of information
can be stored on a single disc.
 HISTORY
§
§ Yehuda Hirshberg developed the
photochromic spyropyrans.
§ Valeri Barachevskii demonstrated
photochromism could be prodused
by two photon excitation.
§ Peter.T.Rentzepis showed that this
could lead to three dimensional data
storage.
§
 § Laser light split into two-signal
and reference beams.

RECORDING DATA
§ Data arranged as data pages.
§ 0’s and 1’s of data pages are
translated into pixels of the
spatial light modulator.
§ signal beam encoded with the
data page pattern.
§ Encoded beam interferes with
the reference beam through
the recording medium.
§ photochemical changes takes
place in the medium leads to
recording of data pages.
 § Interference pattern
READING induces modulations in
DATA the refractive index of the
recording material
yielding diffractive
volume gratings
§ Reference beam is used
during readout of the
recorded gratings,
reconstructing the stored
array of bits
§ Reconstructed array is
projected on to a
pixelated detector that
reads the data
CROSS SECTION OF A
3- D DISC
 MEDIA DESIGN
§ Active part of media is usually
an organic polymer doped with
photo chemically active species.
§ Media have been suggested in
several forms- disc, card,
crystal, cube or sphere.
§ Media to be constructed layer by
layer.
§ It is analogous to a roll of
adhesive tape.
 DRIVE DESIGN
§ Drive designed to this storage media has
a lot in common with CD/DVD drives if
both have similar form factor.
§ Care must be taken for the followings
during design
Ø Laser
Ø Variable spherical aberration correction
Ø Detection
 DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
§ Development of commercial
products has taken a
significant length of time due
to limited financial backing in
the field, as well as technical
issues, including:
Ø Destructive reading
Ø Thermodynamic stability
Ø Media sensitivity
 COMMERCIAL
DEVELOPMENT
Figure shows
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examples of 3D optical
data storage media
Top raw- Call/Recall
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media and Mempile

media
Middle raw- FMD and
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Drive
Bottom raw- Landour
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media and microholas

media in action
 ADVANTAGES
§ Terabyte data storage in an
ordinary disc
§ 1’’ diameter 50GB disc for data
storage for mobiles
§ More than 100 layer of
information in a single disc
§ More data storage in less space
§ We can store 100s of movies in a
single disc
 DISADVANTAGES
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v High cost
v

v Not easy to design as

compared with other
optical discs
 APPLICATIONS
§

§ Consumer entertainment
applications
§ Personal computing
§ Application software
distribution
§ Data storage and transport
medium world wide
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
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www . wikipedia . co
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www . worldbook . com
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www . encarta . in
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www . google . com
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