Bayer MaterialScience AG has signed a joint development agreement with InPhase Technologies, Longmont, CO, for the development and supply of polymer raw materials for the production of optical storage media with a very high storage capacity.
Bayer MaterialScience AG has signed a joint development agreement with InPhase Technologies, Longmont, CO, for the development and supply of polymer raw materials for the production of optical storage media Disks and tapes. See magnetic disk, magnetic tape and optical disk. with a very high storage capacity. InPhase was formed at the end of 2000 from Lucent Technologies and Bell Labs, and is currently said to be the technology leader in holographic storage Two Lasers Write the Hologram
The first laser (the data laser) is beamed into the optical cylinder through a matrix of LCD shutters called a "spatial light modulator." The shutters are opened or closed based on the binary pattern of the page of data being stored. For example, using a matrix of 1,024 pixels on each side, the page could hold a million bits.
The second laser (the reference laser) is angled into and intersects the data laser at the cylinder. media.
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