Motionless-head parallel-readout optical-disk system: Experimental results

Philippe J. Marchand, Philip C. Harvey, Sadik C. Esener

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Abstract

The motionless-head parallel-readout optical-disk system is designed to read out two-dimensional bit planes that are stored as one-dimensional Fourier-transform computer-generated holograms distributed radially on the disk active surface. Such a system, when built at full scale, could offer several potential advantages: high data-transfer rates of 1 Gbyte/s and higher, low access times of less than 15 ms, low retrieval times (the time required to read the entire memory) of less than 25 ms, and simple optical implementation. The experimental results of a scaled-down implementation of the system are presented.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)7604-7607
Number of pages4
JournalApplied Optics
Volume34
Issue number32
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1995
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Information processing
  • Information retrieval
  • Optical disks
  • Optical memories
  • Optical processing
  • Optical storage
  • Parallel computing
  • Parallel processing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Engineering (miscellaneous)
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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